Meadow Creek (FR 1815) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Meadow Creek (FR 1815) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Lincoln Ranger District

14 mi from Lincoln

Maps 5,149 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 ↗

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
  • 1.2 of this road’s 1.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Midnight Hill.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Blackfoot River runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Anaconda Hill stands 2,003 ft above the map pin, 3.0 miles east.

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 27–52°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.