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Skalkaho Hwy- 001
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.24529, -113.77461
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,255 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel17 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- WWater29 mi
- PPropane42 mi
- AAir-up45 mi
- ShShower52 mi
- DDump56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 29-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 17 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,255 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.24529, -113.77461
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCrooked Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townGird Point · ~7.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~16.9 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane Services Innovated · ~19.5 mi
- Dump stationnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesBowers Market · ~16.9 mi
- PharmacyCorvallis Drug · ~17.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicBitterroot Health - Daly Hospital · ~19.0 mi
- HardwareMassa Home Center · ~18.3 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCrystal Creek Campground · ~1.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGird Point Lookout · ~7.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Bear Campground · ~8.9 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWest Fork Station · ~9.8 mi E · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Skalkaho Hwy-002B~1.3 mi
- Skalkaho Hwy 06~1.5 mi
- Crystal Creek Campground~1.6 mi
- Skalkaho Hwy~3.0 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
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).
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →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 →