Blue Eyed Nellie (FR 5180) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Blue Eyed Nellie (FR 5180) in MT
Road corridorBeaverhead-Deerlodge NF
7.1 mi from Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
Maps 5,645 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–0.4, 1–1.4 and 1.7–2.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission. Miles 0–0.6 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 3.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Estimated climb: 1,300 ft over 3.4 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 26% and pitches to 31%.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A gate 0.1 miles along the road.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Garrity Mountain stands 2,410 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles southwest.
- A canal runs 1.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.
Climate averages
October normals 27–55°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.