Whites Gulch (FR 587) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Whites Gulch (FR 587) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Townsend Ranger District

18 mi from Helena Valley Southeast

Maps 4,377 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 3.5–4.3 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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
  • 0.2 of this road’s 4.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Bilk Mountain stands 2,999 ft above the map pin, 4.5 miles northeast.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 33–56°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.