Dry Fork Belt Creek (FR 120) — Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Dry Fork Belt Creek (FR 120) — Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs Ranger District

37 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 5,433 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.3, 11.3–11.6 and 14.7–15.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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

Difficult
  • 3.1 of this road’s 10.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Anderson Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 3,000 ft over 10.8 miles through 14 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 30%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~130 ft on the downhill side.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Barker Mountain stands 2,859 ft above the map pin, 2.6 miles north.
  • Dry Fork Belt Creek runs 0.1 mi off.

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 27–53°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.