Keeler Creek Rattle Creek (FR 473) in ID

Road corridorKootenai NF, Three Rivers Ranger District

17 mi from Libby

Maps 2,666 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

1 of this road’s 14 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly paved with 1 miles of dirt.
Estimated climb: 3,500 ft over 14 miles through 9 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 24%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Keeler Mountain stands 2,285 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles southeast.
Keeler Creek runs 0.2 mi off.

Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year… Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year.
Camping rules

October normals 41–56°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Keeler Creek Rattle Creek (FR 473) in ID -- Camping Rules & Access