Strip Mine (FR 3303) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Strip Mine (FR 3303) in MT

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

39 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 6,186 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

Difficult
  • All 2.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Woodhurst Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 680 ft over 2.4 miles, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 54%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.1 miles off.
  • North Fork Running Wolf Creek runs 0.7 mi off.
  • Woodhurst Mountain stands 1,196 ft above the map pin, 2.2 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 27–51°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.