Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Senate Creek Rd-001
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.09628, -113.53530
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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 Senate Creek Rd-001
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,227 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Senate Creek Rd-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 Senate Creek Rd-001 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater18 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- GGrocery26 mi
- HHardware27 mi
- RxPharmacy28 mi
- LLaundry29 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- PPropane44 mi
- EVEV fast charger44 mi
- ShShower49 mi
- AAir-up50 mi
- DDump50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 20 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 44-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 — Senate Creek Rd-001
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
6,227 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.09628, -113.53530
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Senate Creek Rd-001 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureKaiser Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCorral · ~13.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCenex · ~19.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesThriftway Super Stops · ~26.5 mi
- PharmacyTrifty Drug Store · ~28.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicCommunity Hospital of Anaconda · ~27.8 mi
- HardwareHardware Hank · ~27.9 mi
EV charging — from Senate Creek Rd-001 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger44.4 mi straight-line NE — Sinclair - Tesla Supercharger, Deer Lodge, MT (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 16 within 100 · 42 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS44.9 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO59.5 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)29.1 mi — ApocWorld, Anaconda, MT · AMPUP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-12-13 · hours: Contact site for information
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — The Ranch at Rock Creek - Tesla Destination, Philipsburg, 11.1 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.56 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 466520 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Senate Creek Rd-001 · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMoose Lake Guard Station · ~1.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCopper Creek Campground · ~2.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMoose Lake Fishing Access · ~3.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpillway Campground · ~7.6 mi E · USFS
Open Senate Creek Rd-001 elsewhere
Other camps near Senate Creek Rd-001
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kaiser Lake-001A~0.7 mi
- Senate Creek-002~1.1 mi
- Senate Creek-003B~1.1 mi
- Senate Creek-004~1.2 mi
The unit that manages Senate Creek Rd-001
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Senate Creek Rd-001 are set by Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Peterson Meadows at 7,190 ft, about 11 miles away. It sits about 963 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 — Senate Creek Rd-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).
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 Senate Creek Rd-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.
- 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 — Senate Creek Rd-001
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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