Horse Butte (FR 610) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Horse Butte (FR 610) in MT

Road corridorCuster Gallatin NF

7.1 mi from West Yellowstone

Maps 6,570 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.

Custer Gallatin 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
  • 1.7 of this road’s 7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • The Hebgen Lake shoreline is 1.0 mi off.
  • Kirkwood Ridge stands 3,202 ft above the map pin, 8.0 miles north.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 24–51°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.