Beaver CR-Deseve CR (FR 3585) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Beaver CR-Deseve CR (FR 3585) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

15 mi from Eureka

Maps 4,795 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 3.4–3.7 and 11.3–12.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–6/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 8.6 of this road’s 16 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 11.7 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 3,000 ft over 16 miles through 14 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 28%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Pinkham Mountain stands 1,539 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles southwest.

Rules

  • National Forests in Montana:…Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a). (see appendix A).…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 30–50°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.