Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.39032, -113.66329
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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 Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek 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 Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area · Flathead National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel13 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- DDump30 mi
- WWater37 mi
- EVEV fast charger37 mi
- OOutfitter38 mi
- AAir-up39 mi
- PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 37-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 37-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 — Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
MT
Coordinates
47.39032, -113.66329
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area · Flathead National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBeaver Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCondon · ~9.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~13.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMission Mountains Mercantile · ~13.0 mi
- PharmacySt. Ignatius Tribal Health Pharmacy · ~21.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicRonan Medical Clinic · ~22.7 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~22.3 mi
EV charging — from Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area · Flathead National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger37.2 mi straight-line SW — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 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 · 7 within 50 · 23 within 100 · 38 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS37.8 mi — CAMPBELL KIA MTKIA 1 ABB, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO39.2 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)28.9 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 aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Fox Lane Cottage, Polson, 34.3 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only · AFDC lists it “Free with room”
- 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 102266 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area · Flathead National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSwan River · ~2.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLindbergh Lake Campground · ~2.9 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLindbergh Lake Boat · ~3.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Ridge · ~3.6 mi N · USFS
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If this one is full, gated or washed out.
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The unit that manages Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area 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 Kraft Creek at 4,770 ft, about 6 miles away. 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 — Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek 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).
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 Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek 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 — Rd 9563-3 Beaver Creek Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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