Agency-listedUSFSFree
Moose Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.62870, -114.38927
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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.
What the record says about the site — Moose Lake Campground · Flathead National Forest · MT
- First come, first served
- Room for 3 parties
- No drinking water — carry your own
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Moose Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,669 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Moose Lake 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 Moose Lake Campground · Flathead National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail10 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- WWater15 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- DDump19 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Moose Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,669 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
48.62870, -114.38927
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Moose Lake Campground · Flathead National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureKletomus Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townOlney · ~10.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelOlney Gas Pumps · ~10.2 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~29.4 mi
- Dump station~19.3 mi
- GroceriesOlney Store · ~10.2 mi
- PharmacySmith's · ~20.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicKahler Chiropractic Health Center · ~15.3 mi
- HardwareACE Nelson's Hardware · ~15.3 mi
EV charging — from Moose Lake Campground · Flathead National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.4 mi straight-line S — TOWN PUMP WF#2 STA 1, Whitefish, MT · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 11 within 100 · 39 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)26.9 mi — Kalispell, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Kalispell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.2 mi — City of Whitefish Parking Garage (at a hospital) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — 22 - Tesla Destination, Whitefish, 15.1 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 204514 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Moose Lake Campground · Flathead National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMoose Lake Campground · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomSummit Nature Center · ~9.0 mi S · USFS
- RestroomWLD North Fork Quartz Creek CG Bldg 1844 Vault Toilet · ~9.9 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomWLD North Fork Logging Creek RS Bldg 1830 Vault Toilet · ~10.1 mi NE · NPS
Open Moose Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Moose Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dog Lake 4~10.2 mi
- Dog Lake 1~10.3 mi
- Dog Lake 3~10.3 mi
- Big Creek Campground~10.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Moose Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Moose Lake Campground are set by Flathead National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Stryker Basin at 6,200 ft, about 13 miles away. It sits about 531 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 Lake Campground
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
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 Lake 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.
- 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 Lake Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →How to read this page →All field notes →
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