Lower Harkness Lakes (FR 8274) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Lower Harkness Lakes (FR 8274) in MT
Road corridorBeaverhead-Deerlodge NF
54 mi from Dillon
Maps 7,817 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest ↗
Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Estimated climb: 420 ft over 1 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 19%.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
- Eighteenmile Peak stands 3,308 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles southwest.
- Harkness Lakes lies 1.0 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 29–48°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.