Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Southside Road Site B
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.96606, -114.22879
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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 Southside Road Site B
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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 Southside Road Site BNIFC · 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 Southside Road Site B · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- WWater11 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
- DDump26 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Southside Road Site B
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
MT
Coordinates
46.96606, -114.22879
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Southside Road Site B · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClark Fork (river) · nearby
- Nearest townSchilling · ~1.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.5 mi
- GroceriesBroncs Grocery · ~3.4 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~10.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~9.2 mi
- HardwareMissoula Power Equipment · ~12.2 mi
EV charging — from Southside Road Site B · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.6 mi straight-line E — Missoula, MT - Highway 93 North - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 reach7 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 56 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS8.0 mi — CAMPBELL KIA MTKIA 1 ABB, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO10.5 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.9 mi — Snowfarm Apartments, Missoula, MT · LOOP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · 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 327426 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Southside Road Site B · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomNinemile Remount Depot Interp Site · ~10.7 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMcclay Flat Nature Trail · ~10.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrand Menard Picnic Area · ~11.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRattlesnake Main Trailhead · ~13.0 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Southside Road Site B · Lolo National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: Clark Fork (river). 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 — 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 Southside Road Site B elsewhere
Other camps near Southside Road Site B
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Southside Camp~0.4 mi
- Albert 2~4.3 mi
- Albert Spur~4.5 mi
- Albert 3~4.6 mi
The unit that manages Southside Road Site B
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Southside Road Site B are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Stuart Mountain at 7,270 ft, about 14 miles away. 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 — Southside Road Site B
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 Southside Road Site B
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 — Southside Road Site B
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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