Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Schwartz Creek - Off Road
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.69890, -113.78867
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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 Schwartz Creek - Off Road
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Schwartz Creek - Off RoadNIFC · 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 Schwartz Creek - Off Road · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- WWater14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- EVEV fast charger15 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- ShShower24 mi
- DDump29 mi
- PPropane31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Schwartz Creek - Off Road
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
MT
Coordinates
46.69890, -113.78867
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Schwartz Creek - Off Road · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSwartz Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townClinton · ~6.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~14.3 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane Services Innovated · ~28.6 mi
- GroceriesClinton Market · ~6.6 mi
- PharmacyFlorence Pharmacy · ~14.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicThe Aesthetic Co. · ~14.1 mi
- HardwareFlorence Ace Hardware · ~14.3 mi
EV charging — from Schwartz Creek - Off Road · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.4 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)18.8 mi — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO17.5 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.3 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 Schwartz Creek - Off Road · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomSpring Creek Trailhead And Sheep Viewing Site · ~7.3 mi SE · USFS
- Highway rest areaRock Creek EB · ~7.4 mi E
- Highway rest areaRock Creek WB · ~7.5 mi E
- Vault / pit toiletNorton Campground · ~9.4 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Schwartz Creek - Off Road · Lolo National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: 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 Schwartz Creek - Off Road elsewhere
Other camps near Schwartz Creek - Off Road
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Schwartz Creek~0.2 mi
- Schwartz Creek~0.7 mi
- Schwartz Creek / Miller~1.4 mi
- Road 4245~2.2 mi
The unit that manages Schwartz Creek - Off Road
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Schwartz Creek - Off Road are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Schwartz Creek - Off Road
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 Schwartz Creek - Off Road
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 — Schwartz Creek - Off Road
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →