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Morgan's Campsite
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.33384, -113.79182
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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 Morgan's Campsite
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,768 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Morgan's CampsiteNIFC · 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 Morgan's Campsite · Flathead National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- MMechanic19 mi
- DDump30 mi
- EVEV fast charger31 mi
- OOutfitter32 mi
- WWater33 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 31-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 — Morgan's Campsite
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,768 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.33384, -113.79182
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Getting in
Park at Upper Crystal Lake Trailhead · ~2.0 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Morgan's Campsite · Flathead National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCrystal Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCondon · ~13.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~16.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesRod's Harvest Foods · ~14.3 mi
- PharmacySt. Ignatius Tribal Health Pharmacy · ~14.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicRonan Medical Clinic · ~19.9 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~19.4 mi
EV charging — from Morgan's Campsite · Flathead National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger30.7 mi straight-line SW — Missoula, MT - Highway 93 North - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 23 within 100 · 40 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS31.5 mi — CAMPBELL KIA MTKIA 1 ABB, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO33.2 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)22.1 mi — Gray Wolf Peak Casino, Missoula, MT · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 327426 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Morgan's Campsite · Flathead National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLindbergh Lake Boat · ~5.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLindbergh Lake Campground · ~6.1 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSwan River · ~8.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Ridge · ~9.2 mi NE · USFS
Open Morgan's Campsite elsewhere
Other camps near Morgan's Campsite
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lindbergh Road 2~1.9 mi
- Crystal/Lindbergh~2.0 mi
- Bunyan Lake - 2~2.1 mi
- Lindbergh 5~2.7 mi
The unit that manages Morgan's Campsite
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Morgan's Campsite 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 North Fork Jocko at 6,110 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,342 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 — Morgan's Campsite
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: hike (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 Morgan's Campsite
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 — Morgan's Campsite
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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