Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Road 8960-01
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.37053, -113.25220
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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 8960-01
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,267 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Road 8960-01NIFC · 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 8960-01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- PPropane6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- WWater13 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- OOutfitter35 mi
- DDump36 mi
- RxPharmacy43 mi
- HHardware43 mi
- MMechanic46 mi
- EVEV fast charger50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 50-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 — Road 8960-01
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,267 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
48.37053, -113.25220
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Road 8960-01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Fork Two Medicine River (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townFalse Summit · ~1.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBear Track Travel Center · ~5.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGlacier Park- Trading Company · ~5.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicBlackfeet Community Hospital · ~17.2 mi
EV charging — from Road 8960-01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger49.7 mi straight-line W — CLARK HYUNDAI SERVICECUSTOMER, Kalispell, MT · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 8 within 100 · 28 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)50.2 mi — Kalispell, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Kalispell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.6 mi — Blackfeet Nation - Glacier Peaks Hotel, Browning, MT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · J1772 · 4 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 — Apgar Visitor Center Charger, West Glacier, 35.3 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily with park pass; maximum 2 hours per session · 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 227212 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Road 8960-01 · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSummit Th · ~4.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSummit Cg · ~5.8 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMarias Pass Historic Site · ~5.9 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomHBD Two Medicine Bldg 1075 Showcase Comfort Station · ~9.5 mi NW · NPS
Open Road 8960-01 elsewhere
Other camps near Road 8960-01
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #737~0.1 mi
- Pike Cr Rd-02~5.4 mi
- Pike Cr Rd-04~5.6 mi
- Summit Cg~5.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Road 8960-01
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Road 8960-01 are set by Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Pike Creek at 5,930 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 663 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 — Road 8960-01
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 8960-01
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 8960-01
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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