Little Bear (FR 980) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Little Bear (FR 980) in MT
Road corridorCuster Gallatin NF
9.0 mi from King Arthur Park
Maps 5,449 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–2.6 and 3.3–4.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
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
- 12.3 of this road’s 17.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 12.3 miles of it dirt.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~160 ft on the downhill side.
- Winds through 31 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A gate 17.1 miles along the road.
Known camping along this road at mile 5.5: .
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
- Wheeler Mountain stands 3,159 ft above the map pin, 4.6 miles southeast.
- Little Bear Creek runs 0.6 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.
Climate averages
October normals 31–56°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.