Summit Campground North Loop (FR 9232) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Summit Campground North Loop (FR 9232) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Rocky Mountain Ranger District

22 mi from South Browning

Maps 5,222 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Easy
  • All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, paved the whole way.
  • Near John Frank Stevens.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.
  • 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.
  • Little Dog Mountain stands 3,365 ft above the map pin, 2.3 miles northwest.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year is prohibited… Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year is prohibited.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–47°F, 3.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.