Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Larry Creek Group Site
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.58612, -114.12612
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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 — Larry Creek Group Site · Bitterroot National Forest · MT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 1316B ((Fdr) Larry Creek Group Camp), 400 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 1316B ((Fdr) Larry Creek Group Camp), 400 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 2 – Nov 30. That season ends after Nov 30.
MVUM record for FR 1316B ((Fdr) Larry Creek Group Camp): “05/02-11/30” 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 Larry Creek Group Site
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,553 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Larry Creek Group SiteNIFC · 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 Larry Creek Group Site · Bitterroot National Forest · MT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- MMechanic3 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- WWater18 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- DDump46 mi
- PPropane47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Larry Creek Group Site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,553 ft
Ground slope
9.7% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~1.7 mi · main line
State
MT
Coordinates
46.58612, -114.12612
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Larry Creek Group Site · Bitterroot National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLarry Creek · ~0.2 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townFlorence · ~4.0 mi
- Nearest rail line~1.7 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~3.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesTown Pump · ~3.9 mi
- PharmacyFlorence Pharmacy · ~4.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicFlorence Family Medicine · ~4.3 mi
- HardwareWestern Building Center · ~4.2 mi
EV charging — from Larry Creek Group Site · Bitterroot National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.7 mi straight-line N — L267 EXPP PL PUBLIC2, Missoula, MT · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 19 within 100 · 51 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)23.1 mi — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.0 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.3 mi — Flanagan Motors, Missoula, MT (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-05-12 · hours: 8am-5pm M-Sat
- 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 417959 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Larry Creek Group Site · Bitterroot National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLarry Creek Group Site · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBass Creek Picnic Area · ~0.8 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomBass Creek Kiosk · ~0.8 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBass Day Use Trailhead · ~0.9 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Larry Creek Group Site · Bitterroot National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Larry Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 9.7% — noticeable. 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 ~1.7 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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 Larry Creek Group Site elsewhere
Other camps near Larry Creek Group Site
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Charles Waters Campground~1.0 mi · fee
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #561~9.3 mi
- Mormon Helispot~9.7 mi
- Threemile WMA~11.2 mi
The unit that manages Larry Creek Group Site
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Larry Creek Group Site are set by Bitterroot National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Larry Creek Group Site
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 2026-08-23: $75 per night for the group site -- this camp is group-use only, with no single-site rate. recreation.gov files it as LARRY CREEK GROUP CAMP and publishes $75 for the 2026 season (May 1 - Sep 25); the Forest Service's own recreation-site record says the same $75. Weaker than most notes in one respect: the Bitterroot NF publishes no Larry Creek group-site recreation page, so there is no forest page to cross-check. Source: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234291 and https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0 (site_name LARRY CREEK GROUP SITE). || Water 2026-08-24 (nightshift fire 120): USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0), extract cached locally as data\_mt_water_edw.json, objectid 2366491, site "LARRY CREEK GROUP SITE" (recreation area "LARRY CREEK GROUP SITE"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Yes, drinking water is available from a hand pump". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0008 mi from the agency point). Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable. Agency site page: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234291
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 Larry Creek Group Site
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 — Larry Creek Group Site
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →