Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Road 913-16A Beach
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.37964, -114.53926
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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 913-16A Beach
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,351 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Road 913-16A BeachNIFC · 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 913-16A Beach · Flathead National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- DDump28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Road 913-16A Beach
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,351 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
48.37964, -114.53926
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Road 913-16A Beach · Flathead National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townRhodes · ~7.5 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~9.0 mi
- FuelCenex · ~9.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~27.9 mi
- GroceriesWestside Groceries · ~9.1 mi
- PharmacyBig Sky I.V Care · ~13.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicGlacier Medical Associates · ~9.4 mi
- HardwareWestern Building Center · ~9.3 mi
EV charging — from Road 913-16A Beach · Flathead National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.4 mi straight-line E — TOWN PUMP WF#2 STA 2, Whitefish, 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 reach8 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 16 within 100 · 62 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)13.7 mi — Kalispell, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Kalispell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.4 mi — TOWN PUMP WF#2 STA 5, Whitefish, 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 204512 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Road 913-16A Beach · Flathead National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTally Lake Boat · ~3.0 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTally Lake Swim · ~3.0 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTally Lake Picnic · ~3.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTally Lake Group Picnic · ~3.2 mi NW · USFS
Open Road 913-16A Beach elsewhere
Other camps near Road 913-16A Beach
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #354~0.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #66~0.5 mi
- Tally Lake Boat Site 2~1.2 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #517~1.4 mi
The unit that manages Road 913-16A Beach
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Road 913-16A Beach 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 Hand Creek at 5,030 ft, about 15 miles away. It sits about 1,679 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 913-16A Beach
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 913-16A Beach
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 913-16A Beach
What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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