Agency-listedUSFSFeeClosed for the seasonRoad season: closed (MVUM)
Sloway Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.23384, -115.02610
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Can I go now? — Sloway Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
Closed for the season Season May 19 – Sep 15. Opens May 19.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Open May 19, 2026 - September 15, 2026.” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Sloway Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 1157-A (Slowey Camp Loop A), 60 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as bituminous surface treatment surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: closed (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 1157-A (Slowey Camp Loop A), 60 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 20 – Sep 7; today is outside that window. Opens May 20.
MVUM record for FR 1157-A (Slowey Camp Loop A): “05/20-09/07” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
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 Sloway Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,664 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sloway 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 Sloway Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- DDump16 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- MMechanic31 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- WWater44 mi
- +Urgent care44 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
- ShShower46 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 44-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: 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 — Sloway Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,664 ft
Ground slope
4.7% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~0.2 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~0.1 mi · Interstate 90
State
MT
Coordinates
47.23384, -115.02610
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Sloway Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClark Fork · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townSt. Regis · ~6.1 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.2 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~0.1 mi · Interstate 90
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~5.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~16.1 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~5.6 mi
- PharmacyMineral Pharmacy · ~6.9 mi
- HardwareStuds Building and Home · ~16.8 mi
EV charging — from Sloway Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.6 mi straight-line NW — St. Regis, MT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 29 within 100 · 87 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)5.7 mi — St. Regis, MT - Tesla Supercharger, St. Regis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO52.3 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)46.6 mi — Gray Wolf Peak Casino, Missoula, MT · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Alpine Falls Ranch - Tesla Destination, Superior, 1.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 417419 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sloway Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSloway Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMurphy Creek Trailhead · ~3.0 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMaynard Loge Day Use Area · ~6.0 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletThompson Peak Lookout · ~6.7 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Sloway Campground · Lolo National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Clark Fork as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 4.7% — gentle. 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 ~0.2 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.
- Interstate 90 is mapped ~0.1 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Sloway Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Sloway Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cold_Cr-001~4.3 mi
- Cold_Cr-004~4.9 mi
- Cold_Cr-003A~5.1 mi
- Cold_Cr-005~5.3 mi
The unit that manages Sloway Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sloway Campground are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sloway Campground
Open season
Open May 19, 2026 - September 15, 2026.
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-23: $15 per night, and recreation.gov charges that same $15 for every site type here -- single, pull-through, double and the equestrian site with a corral -- across the 2026 season (May 19 - Sep 14; the forest page says Sep 15). Extra vehicles beyond the two allowed per site are $5. Paying at the fee station by QR code through the recreation.gov app adds a $1.50 service fee and takes one night at a time. Only Senior and Access passes apply to camping fees. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/lolo/recreation/sloway-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10163053. || Water: Lolo National Forest's own site page for Sloway Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/lolo/recreation/sloway-campground (read 2026-08-24; page "Last updated" May 19, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, queried 2026-08-24), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "Yes drinking water is generally available". Page "Seasons of Use": "Open May 19, 2026 - September 15, 2026." -- that is the season of the SITE, not a statement about when the water is turned on. recreation.gov facility 10163053 ("Sloway Campground (MT)") lists the amenity "Drinking Water", "Water Spigot". Channels agree; nightshift fire 1660.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Sloway 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Sloway Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Reading your camp page →All field notes →