Aspen Campground (FR 1040) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Aspen Campground (FR 1040) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Lincoln Ranger District

6.4 mi from Lincoln

Maps 4,818 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.4 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

Easy
  • All 1 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Aspen Grove Picnic Area.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Blackfoot River runs 0.5 mi off.
  • Crater Mountain stands 2,309 ft above the map pin, 4.4 miles south.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a). Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a).
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–53°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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