Bull Run Gulch (FR 4142) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Bull Run Gulch (FR 4142) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Helena Ranger District

9.1 mi from Helena Valley Northeast

Maps 4,335 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 5/16–12/1Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR

Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 740 ft over 1.9 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 30%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • Hogback Mountain stands 3,481 ft above the map pin, 5.8 miles northeast.

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 32–57°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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