Porcupine Creek (FR 653) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Porcupine Creek (FR 653) in MT
Road corridorCuster Gallatin NF
5.0 mi from Big Sky
Maps 6,112 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
Moderate
- All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
- Near Porcupine Trailhead.
- 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 0.1 miles off.
- Levinski Ridge stands 2,373 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles northeast.
- Beaver Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
Climate averages
October normals 28–54°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.