Agency-listedUSFSFeeOpen todayRoad season: open (MVUM)
Kreis Pond Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.09983, -114.42634
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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.
Can I go now? — Kreis Pond Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
Open today Season Apr 1 – Dec 1. Closes after Dec 1.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Campground open from April 1 - December 1.” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Kreis Pond Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 2176 (Spring Creek), 20 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 2176 (Spring Creek), 20 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles Apr 2 – Nov 30. That season ends after Nov 30.
MVUM record for FR 2176 (Spring Creek): “04/02-11/30” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; 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 Kreis Pond Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,703 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Kreis Pond CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Kreis Pond Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- DDump16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- WWater22 mi
- HHardware23 mi
- OOutfitter23 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out.
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 — Kreis Pond Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,703 ft
Ground slope
1.5% · flat
Nearest rail line
~5.6 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~5.5 mi · Interstate 90
State
MT
Coordinates
47.09983, -114.42634
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Kreis Pond Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureKreis Pond · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townHuson · ~6.1 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.6 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~5.5 mi · Interstate 90
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCenex · ~7.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~16.1 mi
- GroceriesValley Grocery · ~7.1 mi
- PharmacySt. Ignatius Tribal Health Pharmacy · ~21.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicArlee Community Health Clinic · ~16.5 mi
- HardwareGarage Door Guys · ~22.8 mi
EV charging — from Kreis Pond Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.1 mi straight-line SE — Missoula, MT - Highway 93 North - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 25 within 100 · 83 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS20.7 mi — CAMPBELL KIA MTKIA 1 ABB, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.5 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.2 mi — Gray Wolf Peak Casino, Missoula, MT · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 327426 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Kreis Pond Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletKreis Pond Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrand Menard Picnic Area · ~2.0 mi SE · USFS
- Flush restroomNinemile Remount Depot Interp Site · ~2.5 mi SE · USFS
- Highway rest areaAlberton WB · ~7.0 mi SW
Coming out here — Kreis Pond Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Kreis Pond as a perennial lake or pond, 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 1.5% — 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.
- Rail line mapped ~5.6 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 90 is mapped ~5.5 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Kreis Pond Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Kreis Pond Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Donkey Alley 2~1.3 mi
- Donkey Alley 1~1.3 mi
- Stony Creek~1.6 mi
- Ccc Camp 5~1.7 mi
The unit that manages Kreis Pond Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Kreis Pond Campground are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Sleeping Woman at 6,120 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 2,417 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 — Kreis Pond Campground
Open season
Campground open from April 1 - December 1.
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. || Water: Lolo National Forest's own site page for Kreis Pond Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/lolo/recreation/kreis-pond-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" July 14, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, queried 2026-08-24), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No potable water at site. Closest water at Grand Menard Picnic Area - available seasonally.". Page "Seasons of Use": "Campground open from April 1 - December 1." -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. Channels agree; nightshift fire 1660.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Kreis Pond Campground
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
- 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 — Kreis Pond Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →