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Moose Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.92890, -112.85223
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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 Moose Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,373 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Moose CreekNIFC · 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 Moose Creek · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- PPropane23 mi
- DDump25 mi
- ShShower27 mi
- WWater28 mi
- +Urgent care34 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
- EVEV fast charger36 mi
- MMechanic43 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
- RxPharmacy45 mi
- AAir-up55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 28-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-mi run (and back).
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 — Moose Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,373 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.92890, -112.85223
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Moose Creek · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBlackfoot River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townCoughlin · ~4.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelExxon · ~8.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~8.3 mi
- HardwareGrizzly Home Center · ~8.5 mi
EV charging — from Moose Creek · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger36.2 mi straight-line S — 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 18 within 100 · 37 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS44.7 mi — Target T1282 (Helena, MT), Helena
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO45.5 mi — L146 DC1, Helena
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)36.9 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
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Trixi's Saloon - Tesla Destination, Ovando, 14.2 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 Moose Creek · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBig Nelson Campground Complex · ~10.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCopper Creek Campground · ~15.1 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAspen Grove Picnic Area · ~15.5 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAspen Grove Campground · ~15.5 mi E · USFS
Open Moose Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Moose Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Moose Crk-020~0.4 mi
- Moose Cr Rd 1163-003~0.5 mi
- Moose Cr Rd 1163-001~1.1 mi
- Moose Crk-Rd 1163B1-009~2.0 mi
The unit that manages Moose Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Moose Creek are set by Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Copper Camp at 6,980 ft, about 12 miles away. It sits about 2,607 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 — Moose Creek
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Moose Creek
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 — Moose Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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