West Fork Rock Creek (FR 2071) in MT

Road corridorCuster NF, Beartooth Ranger District

11 mi from Red Lodge

1.6 mi off US 212 (straight line)

Maps 7,778 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 5.3–6.3 and 13.1–13.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 4/15–12/1Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

3.1 of this road’s 14.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 2.5 miles of dirt.
Winds through 7 switchbacks.
Dead-ends 1.5 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
Gates 1.3 and 1.7 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.7 and mile 5.3: 7 mapped spots.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Bare Mountain stands 2,124 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles north.
A river runs 0.1 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 29–49°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

West Fork Rock Creek (FR 2071) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access