Lolo Trail (FR 500) in ID

Road corridorNez Perce-Clearwater NF, Lochsa/Powell Ranger District

14 mi from Kamiah

0.5 mi off US 12 (straight line)

Maps 3,373 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 152.1–153.4, 153.9–159.8 and 160.8–163.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 6/15–9/30Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkFAIR

Difficult

110.1 of this road’s 165.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 102.2 miles of it dirt.
Estimated climb: 27,700 ft over 165.8 miles through 221 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 43%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~160 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 79.7 and mile 142.5: 2 mapped spots.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
North Fork Mud Creek runs 0.3 mi off.

National Forests in Idaho and Dakota Prairie National Grasslands:…Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 14 consecutive days within a calendar year.…Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 28 cumulative days within a calendar year.
Camping rules

October normals 35–56°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Lolo Trail (FR 500) in ID -- Camping Rules & Access