Bear Creek Access (FR 10370) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Bear Creek Access (FR 10370) in MT

Road corridorFlathead NF, Hungry Horse Ranger District

25 mi from Bigfork

Maps 3,888 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Flathead National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Rough
  • All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, 0.2 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Goat Lick.
  • Estimated climb: 80 ft over 0.4 miles, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 31%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.1: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Running Rabbit Mountain stands 3,788 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles northeast.
  • Bear Creek runs 0.1 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 31–50°F, 3.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.