Martin Divide (FR 3708) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Martin Divide (FR 3708) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

24 mi from Whitefish

Maps 4,782 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–6/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 3.4 of this road’s 6.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 3.4 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Skillet Mountain.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
  • East Fork Sunday Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Skillet Mountain stands 882 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles southwest.

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 29–50°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.