Agency-listedUSFS
Moose Creek Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.83584, -110.87501
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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
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,817 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- WWater12 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- MMechanic38 mi
- DDump38 mi
- HHardware47 mi
- +Urgent care48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,817 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.83584, -110.87501
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMoose Creek Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCalf Creek Cabin · ~4.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJumping Creek Cg · ~6.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKings Hill Cg · ~8.4 mi E · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Moose Creek-005~0.9 mi
- Moose Mountain-6412-04~1.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #376~2.1 mi
- Moose Mountain-6412-05~2.3 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Onion Park at 7,420 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,603 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
Stay limit
16 nights (limited to 16 consecutive days)
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: $10 per night for a single unit. All Helena-Lewis and Clark campgrounds are first-come, first-served with no reservations, and camping is limited to 16 consecutive days. Note this is the Little Belt Mountains Moose Creek; the same forest has a second Moose Creek Campground west of Helena at a different rate. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/helena-lewisclark/recreation/moose-creek-campground-little-belt-mountains. || 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 2362373, site "MOOSE CREEK CG" (recreation area "Moose Creek Cg"), 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.
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
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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