Toms Gulch (FR 9169) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Toms Gulch (FR 9169) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs Ranger District

29 mi from Malmstrom AFB

Maps 4,515 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

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

Moderate
  • All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Crown Butte.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Crown Butte stands 2,172 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles north.
  • Lick Creek runs 0.6 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 32–57°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.