Metropolitan Bar (FR 4150) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Metropolitan Bar (FR 4150) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Helena Ranger District

8.3 mi from Helena Valley Southeast

Maps 3,803 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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

Rough
  • All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Goon Hill.
  • Estimated climb: 190 ft over 0.6 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 13%.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • The Hauser Lake shoreline is 0.6 mi off.
  • Hedges Mountain stands 3,283 ft above the map pin, 6.3 miles northeast.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.