Mission Divide (FR 498) in MT

Road corridorFlathead NF, Swan Lake Ranger District

6.2 mi from Bigfork

8.6 mi off US 93 (straight line)

Maps 3,796 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkFAIR

Difficult

7.5 of this road’s 16.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.7 miles of dirt.
Near Phillips Trailhead.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 8 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate 11.5 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Mount Orvis Evans stands 3,666 ft above the map pin, 6.7 miles east.
Estes Lake lies 1.0 mi off.

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 33–53°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Mission Divide (FR 498) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access