Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Timber Cr Dispersed
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.72547, -109.48523
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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 Timber Cr Dispersed
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,796 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Timber Cr DispersedNIFC · 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 Timber Cr Dispersed · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel13 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- ShShower38 mi
- EVEV fast charger65 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 13 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 65-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Water, Dump, 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 — Timber Cr Dispersed
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,796 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.72547, -109.48523
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Timber Cr Dispersed · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTimber Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townLiving Springs · ~9.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.1 mi
- Propane / LPGAmerican Welding & Gas · ~23.0 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~21.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~22.5 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~23.6 mi
EV charging — from Timber Cr Dispersed · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger65.2 mi straight-line S — Big Timber, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 7 within 100 · 25 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS79.8 mi — Target T1333 (Billings, MT), Billings
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO80.2 mi — Denny Menholt Nissan, Billings
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)79.4 mi — MB BILLINGS STATION 1 · 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 102260 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Timber Cr Dispersed · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTimber Cr Dispersed · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCrystal Lake Campground · ~4.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrandview Picnic Area · ~5.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCrystal Lake Boat Launch · ~5.6 mi N · USFS
Open Timber Cr Dispersed elsewhere
Other camps near Timber Cr Dispersed
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Crystal Lake Campground~4.9 mi · fee
- Little Snowys Camp~17.9 mi
The unit that manages Timber Cr Dispersed
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Timber Cr Dispersed are set by Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Crystal Lake at 6,130 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 334 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 — Timber Cr Dispersed
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). || 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 2366273, site "TIMBER CR DISPERSED" (recreation area "Timber Cr Dispersed"), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No, drinking water is not provided". Matched to this camp on coordinates (0.0008 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 Timber Cr Dispersed
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 — Timber Cr Dispersed
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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