Jim Creek (FR 3730) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Jim Creek (FR 3730) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

21 mi from Eureka

Maps 4,386 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–7.2 and 8–8.9 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 7.4 of this road’s 15.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 8.4 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 3,300 ft over 15.5 miles through 7 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 24%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Sunday Mountain stands 1,102 ft above the map pin, 2.8 miles east.

Rules

  • National Forests in Montana:…Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a). (see appendix A).…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 32–51°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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