Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Hunter Peak
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 44.88436, -109.65486
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Hunter Peak · Shoshone National Forest · WY
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 169 (Hunter Peak C G), 40 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 169 (Hunter Peak C G), 40 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 169 (Hunter Peak C G): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-27; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Hunter Peak
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,529 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hunter PeakNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Hunter Peak · Shoshone National Forest · WY
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery6 mi
- WWater7 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- HHardware29 mi
- OOutfitter29 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- +Urgent care37 mi
- DDump38 mi
- RxPharmacy38 mi
- EVEV fast charger38 mi
- LLaundry42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 38-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Hunter Peak
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,529 ft
Ground slope
0.6% · flat
State
WY
Coordinates
44.88436, -109.65486
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Hunter Peak · Shoshone National Forest · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClarks Fork Yellowstone River · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Nearest townCooke · ~15.6 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.0 mi
- FuelExxon · ~16.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesTop of the World Store · ~6.2 mi
- HardwareRed Lodge True Value · ~28.8 mi
EV charging — from Hunter Peak · Shoshone National Forest · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger38.5 mi straight-line SE — DENNY MENHOLT CHEVROLET BUICK GMC, CODY, WY · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 1 within 50 · 22 within 100 · 38 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)67.2 mi — Big Timber, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Big Timber
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO55.5 mi — GARDSINCLAIR DC FAST LEVEL 3, Gardiner
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)37.8 mi — Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY (at a museum) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-03-08 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — City of Red Lodge - Tesla Destination, Red Lodge, 29.0 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Super 8 by Wyndham - Cooke City, Cooke City, 16.5 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only; see front desk for access · AFDC lists it “Free” - Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 330020 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hunter Peak · Shoshone National Forest · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHunter Peak · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClarks Fork · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Crandall · ~2.4 mi S · USFS
- RestroomBeartooth Vault Toilet · ~3.3 mi N · NPS
Coming out here — Hunter Peak · Shoshone National Forest · WY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Clarks Fork Yellowstone River as a perennial river, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 0.6% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Hunter Peak elsewhere
Other camps near Hunter Peak
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lake Creek~3.6 mi · fee
- Lily Lake Campground~5.1 mi
- Beartooth Lake~5.3 mi · fee
- Island Lake~6.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Hunter Peak
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hunter Peak are set by Shoshone National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Wolverine at 7,660 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 1,131 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Hunter Peak
Stay limit
16 nights (Stay limit is 16 days.)
Longest rig
32 ft (Maximum spur length is 32 feet .)
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: $20 per night, single site. The forest says to come prepared to pay with CASH or CHECK, and that sites may be reservable with reservation fees on top. recreation.gov publishes the same $20 for the 2026 season (May 22 - Sep 12). Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/shoshone/recreation/hunter-peak-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234595.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Hunter Peak
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Hunter Peak
Winter vs summer roads →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →