Red Canyon (FR 681) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Red Canyon (FR 681) in MT
Road corridorCuster Gallatin NF
11 mi from West Yellowstone
Maps 6,597 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–1.2 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
Moderate
- All 2.9 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
- Near Red Canyon Trailhead.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road between mile 2.1 and mile 2.7: .
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
- Mount Hebgen stands 2,104 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles northwest.
- The Hebgen Lake shoreline is 0.5 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 27–52°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.