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Robbins Gulch 001
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.94541, -114.06502
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Robbins Gulch 001 · Bitterroot National Forest · MT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 446 ((Fdr) Robbins Gulch), 40 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Robbins Gulch 001
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,088 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Robbins Gulch 001NIFC · 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 Robbins Gulch 001 · Bitterroot National Forest · MT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- WWater13 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- ShShower55 mi
- EVEV fast charger62 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 62-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Robbins Gulch 001
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,088 ft
Ground slope
23.3% · steep
Nearest rail line
~7.0 mi · main line
State
MT
Coordinates
45.94541, -114.06502
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Robbins Gulch 001 · Bitterroot National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWhitsell Creek · ~0.6 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townShigley Mobile Home Park · ~2.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~7.0 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~7.5 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane Services Innovated · ~29.2 mi
- GroceriesConner Grocery & Deli & Two · ~3.1 mi
- PharmacyBitterroot Drug · ~21.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicBitterroot Health - Daly Hospital · ~21.5 mi
- HardwareMassa Home Center · ~22.7 mi
EV charging — from Robbins Gulch 001 · Bitterroot National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger61.5 mi straight-line N — 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 reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 16 within 100 · 47 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)67.0 mi — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO64.9 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.2 mi — Hamilton City Hall · EVGATEWAY · 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 Robbins Gulch 001 · Bitterroot National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Portable toiletHaley Chute Boat Launch · ~5.9 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Gulch Campground · ~6.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWarm Springs Campground · ~7.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCrazy Creek Campground · ~9.2 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Robbins Gulch 001 · Bitterroot National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Whitsell Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.6 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 23.3% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~7.0 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- 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 — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Robbins Gulch 001 elsewhere
Other camps near Robbins Gulch 001
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #232~4.5 mi
- Rye Creek 001~4.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #474~4.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #490~5.0 mi
The unit that manages Robbins Gulch 001
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Robbins Gulch 001 are set by Bitterroot National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Robbins Gulch 001
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).
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Robbins Gulch 001
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- 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 — Robbins Gulch 001
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Off-grid communication →All field notes →