Plum Creek (FR 3118) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Plum Creek (FR 3118) in MT

Road corridorCuster NF, Sioux Ranger District

51 mi from Bowman

Maps 3,439 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 1.3–2 and 6.8–8.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Custer Gallatin 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 10.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.2 miles of dirt.
  • Near Stormy Butte.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • West Plum Creek Reservoir lies 0.3 mi off.

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 32–59°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.