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Lady Smith
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.25175, -112.40403
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Lady Smith
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,771 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lady SmithNIFC · 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 Lady Smith · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail7 mi
- WWater9 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- DDump20 mi
- PPropane45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out.
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 — Lady Smith
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,771 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.25175, -112.40403
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Lady Smith · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBoulder River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townBasin · ~6.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.1 mi
- FuelTown Pump · ~13.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesL & P Grocery · ~13.6 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~26.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSt. James Hospital · ~17.9 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~19.0 mi
EV charging — from Lady Smith · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.9 mi straight-line NW — Sinclair - Tesla Supercharger, Deer Lodge, MT (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 25 within 100 · 36 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS19.4 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO30.7 mi — L146 DC1, Helena
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.0 mi — JD Self Service Storage, Deer Lodge, MT (at an office building) · AMPUP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-12-13 · hours: Contact site for information
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.56 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 466520 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lady Smith · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWhitehouse Campground · ~3.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSheepshead · ~7.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFreedom Point · ~7.7 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLowland Campground · ~9.3 mi SW · USFS
Open Lady Smith elsewhere
Other camps near Lady Smith
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #589~1.2 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #353~1.7 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #481~1.8 mi
- Mormon Gulch Campground~2.0 mi
The unit that manages Lady Smith
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lady Smith are set by Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rocker Peak at 7,960 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 2,189 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 — Lady Smith
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Lady Smith
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.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- 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 — Lady Smith
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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