Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Uhler Creek 05
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.34012, -113.65512
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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 Uhler Creek 05
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,588 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Uhler Creek 05NIFC · 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 Uhler Creek 05 · Lolo National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- LLaundry14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- DDump27 mi
- EVEV fast charger34 mi
- OOutfitter35 mi
- WWater36 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- PPropane52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 36-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 34-mi run (and back).
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 — Uhler Creek 05
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,588 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.34012, -113.65512
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Uhler Creek 05 · Lolo National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBeaver Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCondon · ~13.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~16.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMontana gas N shop · ~14.6 mi
- PharmacySt. Ignatius Tribal Health Pharmacy · ~21.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicRonan Medical Clinic · ~24.7 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~24.2 mi
EV charging — from Uhler Creek 05 · Lolo National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger34.3 mi straight-line SW — Missoula, 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 23 within 100 · 38 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS35.1 mi — CAMPBELL KIA MTKIA 1 ABB, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO36.3 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.6 mi — Gray Wolf Peak Casino, Missoula, MT · Blink 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 102266 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Uhler Creek 05 · Lolo National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRainy Lake Campground · ~2.9 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Alva Campground Complex · ~3.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLakeside Campground · ~4.4 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Inez Campground Complex · ~5.1 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Uhler Creek 05 · Lolo National Forest · MT
- Surface water mapped nearby: Beaver Lake (water). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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Other camps near Uhler Creek 05
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Uhler Creek 01~0.4 mi
- Colt Creek 04~1.4 mi
- Colt Creek 03~1.7 mi
- Colt Creek 02~1.8 mi
The unit that manages Uhler Creek 05
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Uhler Creek 05 are set by Lolo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is North Fork Jocko at 6,110 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 522 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 — Uhler Creek 05
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 Uhler Creek 05
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 — Uhler Creek 05
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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