Threemile WMA

SEASONAL -- this WMA is open only May 15 to Dec 1; it is CLOSED the rest of the year to protect big-game winter range. Do not plan a winter or early-spring night here. Threemile Wildlife Management Area, managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, FWP Region 2. FWP's own site record lists a designated primitive campsite here and its fee table shows no camping fee. IMPORTANT -- THIS IS NOT FREE LAND, even though the camping itself costs nothing: Montana requires a Conservation License of every person aged 12 and older to use an FWP wildlife management area FOR ANY REASON, not just to hunt or fish. It is $8/year for residents, $10/year for nonresidents ($4 for resident youth 12-17 and seniors 62+). Buy it before you arrive. There is no separate per-night camping fee. Camping is allowed only in areas FWP has designated or marked for it (ARM 12.12.107), for no more than 7 nights in any 30-day period statewide. Primitive: pack in / pack out, no hookups and no drinking water; there is a vault toilet. Quiet hours are 10 p.m.-7 a.m. and certified weed-free feed is required for stock. We have not visited this site. Confirm the current season dates, the travel plan map and whether camping is still allowed with FWP Region 2 at (406)363-7141 before you go.

USGS topo — contours & terrain

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

EV charging — from Threemile WMA · Bitterroot National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

• Nearest public DC fast charger18.4 mi straight-line NW — L267 EXPP PL PUBLIC2, Missoula, MT · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
• Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 18 within 100 · 48 within 150
• Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)23.4 mi — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Missoula
• Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.5 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
• Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.9 mi — UMONTANA BECKWITH #1, Missoula, MT · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 417959 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center

Nearby restrooms — around Threemile WMA · Bitterroot National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

• Flush restroomHarrys Flat Campground · ~7.6 mi SE · USFS
• Flush restroomDalles Campground · ~8.9 mi E · USFS
• Flush restroomBitterroot Flat Campground · ~10.0 mi SE · USFS
• RestroomFederal restroom · ~10.2 mi W · FWS

Open Threemile WMA elsewhere

Other camps near Threemile WMA

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

• Cinnamon Bear Saddle-04B~2.8 mi
• Cinnamon Bear Saddle-03~2.9 mi
• Cinnamon Bear Saddle-02~3.5 mi
• USFS dispersed camp — MT #671~3.7 mi

The unit that manages Threemile WMA

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Threemile WMA are set by Bitterroot National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Threemile WMA

What we don’t know about Threemile WMA

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 — Threemile WMA