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Twin Bridges Bike Camp (Jessen Park)

Drive-up · public land · MT · 45.54482, -112.33402

We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on public land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.

READ THIS FIRST: this one is built for BICYCLE travelers, and the town describes it that way. The Town of Twin Bridges' own page says the bike camp "allows bicyclists to stop for a quick break, spend the night, take a hot shower, or refuel their stomaches." It never says whether drivers or RVs may stay, and there is no posted night limit or season. If you are not on a bike, call the town office first at (406) 684-5243 rather than assuming. For cyclists on the MT-41 / Adventure Cycling corridor this is a gem: a purpose-built camp shelter at Jessen Park on the Beaverhead River, put up by the town in 2009, with level tent ground, an indoor seating and kitchen area, bike repair stands, a toilet, and a hot shower. No fee is charged, but donations are asked for: "Donations are requested for the maintenance of the bike camp. There is a drop box and envelopes inside the bike camp building for your convenience." A town of 400 people built and maintains this for travelers -- use the drop box. Watch for lawn sprinklers on the camping grass (the mappers who surveyed it flag that specifically). Confirm current rules with the town office before you go. We have not visited this site.

USGS topo — contours & terrain

USGS topographic map of Twin Bridges Bike Camp (Jessen Park)

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

Aerial image of Twin Bridges Bike Camp (Jessen Park)

Weather outlook

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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,631 ft.

Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp

Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer

Nearest of each

@Mail0 mi
OOutfitter9 mi
GGrocery9 mi
FFuel9 mi
MMechanic25 mi
DDump26 mi
LLaundry27 mi
ShShower30 mi
+Urgent care31 mi
RxPharmacy31 mi
WWater32 mi
HHardware32 mi
AAir-up32 mi

≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 32-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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). Open in Google Maps ↗

The site

Access

Drive-up

Land

public land

Elevation

4,631 ft

State

Coordinates

45.54482, -112.33402

Cost

Free

Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)

Water featureBeaverhead River (river) · nearby
Nearest townTwin Bridges · ~0.1 mi
Drinking waternone within 10 mi
FuelMelrose Bar and Station · ~17.9 mi
Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
Dump stationDump station · ~26.1 mi
GroceriesIGA · ~9.0 mi
Hospital / clinicRuby Valley Hospital · ~9.4 mi

Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Highway rest areaTwin Bridges · at this camp
Vault / pit toiletHells Canyon Cabin · ~11.1 mi NW · USFS
Vault / pit toiletMill Creek Campground · ~13.6 mi E · USFS
Vault / pit toiletBranham Lakes Campground · ~16.8 mi E · USFS

Open this spot elsewhere

Google satellite →Gaia GPS →CalTopo →Back to the map →

Other camps nearby

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

How we know this

Source

Montana municipal park records

Confidence

Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.

How it was placed

Source: Town of Twin Bridges official site, https://twinbridgesmt.com/twin-bridges-bike-camp -- quotes "allows bicyclists to stop for a quick break, spend the night, take a hot shower" and "Donations are requested for the maintenance of the bike camp" string-matched in the raw page body via data/fetch_town_page.py (no page date shown). Address 2829 MT Highway 41 S, Twin Bridges MT 59754 per the town's own Park Facilities page. Coordinate: OSM way 385674174 (name='Twin Bridges Bike Camp', tourism=camp_site, fee=no), full geometry pulled from api.openstreetmap.org and averaged over its 11 nodes -- the way spans only ~0.00048 deg lat x 0.00105 deg lon (roughly 50m x 80m), so the centroid is unambiguous and sits inside it. OSM supplied the coordinate ONLY; the fee/donation status is the town's own words. Verified 2026-07-20 22:55:26.

Field check

Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Researched until someone does.

What we don’t know

A land record can put you within a few metres 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

Before you go

Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →

Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →