Bacon Ditch (FR 3956) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Bacon Ditch (FR 3956) in MT

Road corridorBeaverhead-Deerlodge NF

11 mi from Anaconda-Deer Lodge County

Maps 6,269 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–3.3 are inside the of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, whose rules apply there.

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 3.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Anaconda Range stands 4,380 ft above the map pin, 8.8 miles north.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–51°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.