Big Creek Pipe Creek (FR 336) — Rexford in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Big Creek Pipe Creek (FR 336) — Rexford in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Rexford Ranger District

17 mi from Eureka

Maps 2,676 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 18.1–19.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 11.9 of this road’s 15.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 11.9 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 2,400 ft over 15.1 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 30%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~130 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A water crossing 16.8 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 4.6: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.3 miles off.
  • Little North Fork runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Cliff Point stands 1,850 ft above the map pin, 2.2 miles east.

Rules

  • National Forests in Montana: … 1.1. Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 1.2. 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 33–57°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.