Beaver CR Edna CR (FR 3588) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Beaver CR Edna CR (FR 3588) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

18 mi from Eureka

Maps 3,967 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.5 and 7.8–8.1 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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR

Road Access

Difficult
  • 5.6 of this road’s 11.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 9.2 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 920 ft over 11.1 miles through 19 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 26%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
  • Pinkham Mountain stands 2,367 ft above the map pin, 5.4 miles west.

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 27–51°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.