Quartz Creek (FR 692) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Quartz Creek (FR 692) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Helena Ranger District

6.3 mi from Clancy

4.8 mi off I-15 (straight line)

Maps 5,167 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.5 and 6.2–6.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 12/2–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 9.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 3,500 ft over 9.7 miles through 4 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 30%.
  • A gate 0.4 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Quartz Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Lava Mountain stands 2,410 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles west.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–54°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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