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Toll Mountain Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.84568, -112.36661
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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 Toll Mountain Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,863 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Toll Mountain 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 Toll Mountain Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- DDump11 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- WWater12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Toll Mountain Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,863 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.84568, -112.36661
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Toll Mountain Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townRader Creek · ~2.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~9.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationRV Dump · ~10.9 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~9.6 mi
- PharmacyHigher Standard Dispensary · ~11.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicSCL Health Medical Group - Downtown · ~11.0 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~11.9 mi
EV charging — from Toll Mountain Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.5 mi straight-line NW — Butte, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 36 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS16.2 mi — Flying J Town Pump (Butte, MT), Butte
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO55.2 mi — L146 DC1, Helena
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)33.4 mi — ApocWorld, Anaconda, MT · AMPUP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-12-13 · hours: Contact site for information
- 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 102263 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Toll Mountain Campground · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletToll Mountain Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPigeon Creek Campground · ~3.4 mi SW · USFS
- Highway rest areaHomestake Pass EB · ~4.8 mi N
- Highway rest areaHomestake Pass WB · ~4.8 mi N
Open Toll Mountain Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Toll Mountain Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #89~2.1 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #502~2.1 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #426~3.3 mi
- Pigeon Creek Campground~3.4 mi
The unit that manages Toll Mountain Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Toll Mountain Campground are set by Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Basin Creek at 7,120 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 1,257 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 — Toll Mountain Campground
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review || Water: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest's own site page for Toll Mountain Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/beaverhead-deerlodge/recreation/toll-mountain-campground (read 2026-08-13; page "Last updated" December 22, 2025), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not 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 2026-08-13), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Both channels agree; nightshift fire 610.
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 Toll Mountain 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.
- 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 — Toll Mountain Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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