Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Muchwater Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.31244, -114.85043
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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 Muchwater Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,544 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Muchwater Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Muchwater Camping Area · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- DDump17 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- +Urgent care37 mi
- ShShower41 mi
- WWater43 mi
- OOutfitter48 mi
- AAir-up50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 43-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Muchwater Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
2,544 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.31244, -114.85043
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Muchwater Camping Area · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClark Fork (river) · nearby
- Nearest townQuinns · ~2.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~16.6 mi
- GroceriesTown Pump · ~9.9 mi
- PharmacyMineral Pharmacy · ~8.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicMineral Community Hospital · ~8.9 mi
- HardwareStuds Building and Home · ~10.0 mi
EV charging — from Muchwater Camping Area · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.5 mi straight-line S — Superior, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 26 within 100 · 86 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS11.6 mi — St. Regis, MT, St. Regis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.2 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)40.6 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
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Alpine Falls Ranch - Tesla Destination, Superior, 9.3 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 102264 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Muchwater Camping Area · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMuchwater Camping Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCascade Campground · ~1.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFerry Landing Day Use · ~2.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMurphy Creek Trailhead · ~9.0 mi SW · USFS
Open Muchwater Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Muchwater Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cascade Campground~1.3 mi
- Peninsula _North-001~1.8 mi
- Peninsula_001~2.1 mi
- Peninsula -004~2.1 mi
The unit that manages Muchwater Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Muchwater Camping Area are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Muchwater Camping Area
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up). || 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 2376101, site "MUCHWATER CAMPING AREA" (recreation area "Muchwater Flat Campground"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "River water available". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0007 mi from the agency point). Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable.
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 Muchwater Camping Area
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 — Muchwater Camping Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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