Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Road 4245
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.74757, -113.78576
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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 Road 4245
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,374 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Road 4245NIFC · 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 Road 4245 · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- WWater12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- DDump26 mi
- PPropane31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
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 — Road 4245
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
4,374 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.74757, -113.78576
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Road 4245 · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWest Fork Swartz Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townClinton · ~3.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~12.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesClinton Market · ~4.1 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~12.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicThe Aesthetic Co. · ~12.2 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~12.5 mi
EV charging — from Road 4245 · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.7 mi straight-line NW — L267 EXPP PL PUBLIC2, Missoula, MT · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 18 within 100 · 45 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)16.4 mi — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO15.3 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.0 mi — UMONTANA BECKWITH #1, Missoula, MT · ChargePoint 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 417959 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Road 4245 · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaRock Creek EB · ~7.1 mi E
- Highway rest areaRock Creek WB · ~7.2 mi E
- Vault / pit toiletPattee Canyon Trailhead · ~8.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPattee Canyon Group Picnic Area · ~8.6 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Road 4245 · Lolo National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: West Fork Swartz Creek (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Dave gets service credit if you sign up through it. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Road 4245 elsewhere
Other camps near Road 4245
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Road 4245~1.5 mi
- Schwartz Creek~2.9 mi
- Schwartz Creek / Miller~3.0 mi
- Schwartz Creek / Miller~3.1 mi
The unit that manages Road 4245
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Road 4245 are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Road 4245
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 Road 4245
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 — Road 4245
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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