Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Trailhead 96
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 46.52296, -113.76517
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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 Trailhead 96
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,159 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Trailhead 96NIFC · 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 Trailhead 96 · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel14 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- OOutfitter25 mi
- EVEV fast charger25 mi
- WWater25 mi
- AAir-up27 mi
- PPropane31 mi
- ShShower35 mi
- DDump38 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Trailhead 96
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
4,159 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
46.52296, -113.76517
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Trailhead 96 · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureButte Cabin Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townQuigley · ~8.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.6 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane Services Innovated · ~21.1 mi
- GroceriesCottonwood market · ~15.7 mi
- PharmacyFlorence Pharmacy · ~16.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicThe Aesthetic Co. · ~24.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~15.2 mi
EV charging — from Trailhead 96 · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.3 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 18 within 100 · 48 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)29.9 mi — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.2 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.3 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
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — The Ranch at Rock Creek - Tesla Destination, Philipsburg, 21.8 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 417959 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Trailhead 96 · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomHarrys Flat Campground · ~1.2 mi NE · USFS
- Flush restroomDalles Campground · ~3.5 mi NE · USFS
- Flush restroomBitterroot Flat Campground · ~3.8 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomGrizzly Campground · ~6.1 mi NE · USFS
Open Trailhead 96 elsewhere
Other camps near Trailhead 96
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Site 4~0.4 mi
- Site 5~0.5 mi
- Harrys Flat Campground~1.2 mi · fee
- Site 3~2.2 mi
The unit that manages Trailhead 96
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Trailhead 96 are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Trailhead 96
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 Trailhead 96
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 — Trailhead 96
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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