Lower Lodge Pole Creek (FR 7432) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Lower Lodge Pole Creek (FR 7432) in MT

Road corridorBeaverhead-Deerlodge NF

30 mi from Salmon

Maps 6,890 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.7–1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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: 150 ft over 1 miles, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 24%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
  • Lodgepole Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Big Hole Divide stands 2,909 ft above the map pin, 5.1 miles north.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–50°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.