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Potosi Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.57197, -111.91410
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Potosi Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,246 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Potosi CampgroundNIFC · 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 Potosi Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- DDump18 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- HHardware34 mi
- EVEV fast charger36 mi
- RxPharmacy38 mi
- +Urgent care38 mi
- WWater39 mi
- AAir-up40 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 39-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-mi run (and back).
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 — Potosi Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,246 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.57197, -111.91410
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Potosi Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWillow Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townPony · ~6.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCenex · ~20.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesIGA · ~15.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicRuby Valley Hospital · ~15.8 mi
EV charging — from Potosi Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger36.5 mi straight-line SE — Big Sky, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 24 within 100 · 43 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS38.6 mi — Ressler Cadillac, Bozeman
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO44.7 mi — Audi of Bozeman, Bozeman
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.0 mi — Lure Me Inn, Ennis, MT · SYNERGEV · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Norris Hot Springs, Norris, 11.1 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; turned off during the Winter months
- 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 163999 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Potosi Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPotosi Campground · ~0.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBranham Lakes Campground · ~5.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMill Creek Campground · ~9.9 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomKobayashi Beach West Toilet · ~14.3 mi SE · BLM
Open Potosi Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Potosi Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Potosi Campground~0.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — Madison County, MT~0.6 mi
- USFS dispersed camp #2 — Madison County, MT~0.7 mi
- USFS dispersed camp #3 — Madison County, MT~0.9 mi
The unit that manages Potosi Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Potosi Campground are set by Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Albro Lake at 8,500 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 2,254 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 — Potosi 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.
How it was placed
auto: drive (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 Potosi 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 — Potosi Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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