Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree

Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 48.26163, -113.95532
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp
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Weather outlook — at Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,755 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed CampNIFC · 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 Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp · Flathead National Forest · MT

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Shepard Memorial Fountain · Water · 11 miWDump · 20 miDPropane · 36 miPSinclair · Fuel · 10 miFCanyon Foods · Grocery · 10 miGSmith's · Pharmacy · 13 miRxHardware · 14 miHGlacier Garage · Mechanic · 13 miMHungry Horse Laundrymat · Laundry · 10 miLShower · 14 miShEvergreen Clinic · Urgent care · 15 mi+Montana Adventure Stop · Outfitter · 11 miOColumbia Falls US Post Office · Mail · 13 mi@CLARK HYUNDAI SERVICECUSTOMER · EV fast charger · 17 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • FFuel10 mi
  • GGrocery10 mi
  • LLaundry10 mi
  • WWater11 mi
  • OOutfitter11 mi
  • RxPharmacy13 mi
  • @Mail13 mi
  • MMechanic13 mi
  • ShShower14 mi
  • HHardware14 mi
  • +Urgent care15 mi
  • EVEV fast charger17 mi
  • DDump20 mi
  • PPropane36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,755 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
48.26163, -113.95532
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp · Flathead National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureWounded Buck Creek (stream) · nearby
  • Nearest townFoster Mobile Home Park · ~8.5 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelSinclair · ~9.8 mi
  • Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~15.9 mi
  • Dump station~19.8 mi
  • GroceriesCanyon Foods · ~9.8 mi
  • PharmacySmith's · ~12.9 mi
  • Hospital / clinicEvergreen Clinic · ~15.0 mi
  • HardwareBadger Building Center · ~14.6 mi

EV charging — from Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp · Flathead National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp · Flathead National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

The unit that manages Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp are set by Flathead National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Noisy Basin at 6,070 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 2,315 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 — Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp

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 Wounded Buck Creek Dispersed Camp

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.

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