Copper Creek (FR 330) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access in Montana

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Copper Creek (FR 330) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Lincoln Ranger District

9.4 mi from Lincoln

Maps 5,422 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 7/1–8/31Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Rough
  • 1.7 of this road’s 17.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 8.9 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Snowbank Creek Trailhead.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Gates 4.5 and 9.3 miles along the road.
  • A water crossing 6.6 miles along the road.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 14.4: reported by travellers.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Red Mountain stands 3,965 ft above the map pin, 5.1 miles northwest.

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

September normals 35–65°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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