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Seymour Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.98319, -113.18924
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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 Seymour Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,004 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Seymour Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 Seymour Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater13 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- DDump33 mi
- PPropane47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 15 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 — Seymour Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,004 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.98319, -113.18924
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Seymour Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLower Seymour Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townAnaconda · ~15.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~14.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesThriftway Super Stops · ~14.6 mi
- PharmacyTrifty Drug Store · ~15.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicCommunity Hospital of Anaconda · ~15.2 mi
- HardwareHardware Hank · ~15.1 mi
EV charging — from Seymour Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.8 mi straight-line E — Butte, MT - Grizzly Trail - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 18 within 100 · 39 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS27.9 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO70.7 mi — L146 DC1, Helena
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.0 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
- 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 327427 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Seymour Creek Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSeymour Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMiddle Fork Trailhead · ~8.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDorhoffer Outhouse · ~9.3 mi SE · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletEast Bank Recreation Site - Vault Toilet North (Boat Ramp) · ~10.0 mi SE · BLM
Open Seymour Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Seymour Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Turn Around~1.4 mi
- Hunters~2.2 mi
- Logged Area~2.8 mi
- Dry Creek Rd 01~2.8 mi
The unit that manages Seymour Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Seymour Creek Campground 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 Barker Lakes at 8,250 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 1,246 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 — Seymour Creek Campground
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review || Water 2026-08-24 (nightshift fire 120): USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0), extract cached locally as data\_mt_water_edw.json, objectid 2382526, site "SEYMOUR CREEK CAMPGROUND" (recreation area "Seymour Creek Campground"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Handpump". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0007 mi from the agency point). Agency record only -- not field-verified, and no natural water here is claimed to be potable.
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 Seymour Creek Campground
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 — Seymour Creek Campground
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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