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Woody-003

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 45.01779, -109.93403
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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.
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USGS topographic map of Woody-003
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Woody-003
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Weather outlook — at Woody-003
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,549 ft.
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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 Woody-003 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 0 miWDump · 33 miDExxon · Fuel · 0 miFCooke City Store · Grocery · 0 miGWestern Drug · Pharmacy · 54 miRxRed Lodge True Value · Hardware · 35 miHRed Lodge Collision Center · Mechanic · 36 miMLaundry · 33 miLShower · 33 miShLake Medical Clinic · Urgent care · 40 mi+Yellowstone Adventure Sporting Goods · Outfitter · 34 miOCooke City Post Office · Mail · 0 mi@Gardiner, MT · EV fast charger · 38 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • GGrocery0 mi
  • WWater0 mi
  • FFuel0 mi
  • @Mail0 mi
  • DDump33 mi
  • LLaundry33 mi
  • ShShower33 mi
  • OOutfitter34 mi
  • HHardware35 mi
  • MMechanic36 mi
  • EVEV fast charger38 mi
  • +Urgent care40 mi
  • RxPharmacy54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 38-mi run (and back).

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 — Woody-003

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,549 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
45.01779, -109.93403
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Woody-003 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureWoody Creek (stream) · nearby
  • Nearest townRicci Trailer Terraces · ~0.1 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.2 mi
  • FuelSinclair · ~0.2 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesCooke City Exxon · ~0.2 mi

EV charging — from Woody-003 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Woody-003 · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Woody-003

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

The unit that manages Woody-003

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Woody-003 are set by Custer Gallatin National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is White Mill at 8,730 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 1,181 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 — Woody-003

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 Woody-003

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.

Before you go — Woody-003

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