Nyack Ranger Station (FR 243) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Nyack Ranger Station (FR 243) in MT

Road corridorFlathead NF, Hungry Horse Ranger District

18 mi from Columbia Falls

Maps 3,353 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

Moderate
  • 0.3 of this road’s 0.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 0.3 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Mount Penrose.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Mount Penrose stands 4,492 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles southwest.
  • Middle Fork Flathead River 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 31–53°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.