Butler (FR 230) in ID -- Camping Rules & Access

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Butler (FR 230) in ID

Road corridorIdaho Panhandle NFs, Sandpoint Ranger District

12 mi from Sandpoint

Maps 2,671 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–2.7 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Idaho Panhandle National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi · No more than 14 days in any 30-day period · No more than 14 days in any 30-day period, then move 5 mi
VerizonUSABLE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR

Road Access

Difficult
  • 0.7 of this road’s 2.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Dead-ends 0.7 miles in at a mapped turnaround.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
  • Little Blacktail Mountain stands 1,797 ft above the map pin, 2.2 miles southeast.
  • Lake Cocolalla lies 1.2 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • Camping or leaving camping equipment in any one area or campsite is limited to a total of 14 days during any 30-day period… Camps must be relocated at least 5 miles away (road miles) from the original site to qualify for a new 14-day period
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 36–55°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.