Park Lake (FR 4009) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Helena Ranger District

5.0 mi from Clancy

5.6 mi off I-15 (straight line)

Maps 5,063 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–1.3 and 2.3–3.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Moderate

6 of this road’s 6.4 miles are maintained for passenger-car comfort, 6 miles of it dirt.
Near Spruce Hills.
Estimated climb: 1,500 ft over 6.4 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 20%.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A cattle guard 0.9 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Red Mountain stands 3,088 ft above the map pin, 5.6 miles west.

Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year … Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year …
Camping rules

October normals 32–55°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Park Lake (FR 4009) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access