Placer Creek Road (FR 281) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Placer Creek Road (FR 281) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Judith-Musselshell Ranger District

36 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 5,759 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR

Road Access

Rough
  • All 1.2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Butcherknife Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 260 ft over 1.2 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 14%.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with the nearest through road 2.5 miles off.
  • Placer Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Gibson Peak stands 2,297 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles east.

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 30–52°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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