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Red Top Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.76106, -115.91847
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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 Red Top Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,839 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Red Top 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 Red Top Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel18 mi
- GGrocery18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- WWater23 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- DDump36 mi
- OOutfitter42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 23-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 18 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 — Red Top Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,839 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
48.76106, -115.91847
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Red Top Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCyclone Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSylvanite · ~3.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelExxon · ~17.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.5 mi
- GroceriesYoder's Market · ~17.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicBoundary Community Hospital · ~18.8 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~21.0 mi
EV charging — from Red Top Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.4 mi straight-line W — V.C. STATION BF FAST CHARGER, Bonners Ferry, ID · 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 37 within 100 · 65 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)81.2 mi — Kalispell, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Kalispell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)42.2 mi — SCHWEITZER1 ARRIVAL 1, Sandpoint, ID · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Paradise Valley Chalet - Tesla Destination, Bonners Ferry, 19.5 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 169454 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Red Top Campground · Kootenai National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWhitetail · ~6.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletYaak Falls · ~8.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPete Creek · ~8.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeer Ridge Lo · ~10.2 mi NW · USFS
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Other camps near Red Top Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Hellroaring~1.8 mi
- Burnt Creek~3.1 mi
- Rd 394 Camp 2~4.2 mi
- Rd 5996 Camp 1~4.8 mi
The unit that manages Red Top Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Red Top Campground are set by Kootenai National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Hawkins Lake at 6,460 ft, about 15 miles away. It sits about 3,621 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 — Red Top 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)
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 Red Top 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 — Red Top Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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