Deep Creek (FR 368) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

11 mi from Eureka

Maps 3,032 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 7/1–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

2.1 of this road’s 7.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 2.1 miles of dirt.
Near Black Lake Dam.
Estimated climb: 1,800 ft over 7.4 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 23%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 7.4: reported by travellers.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Mount Marston stands 4,315 ft above the map pin, 3.8 miles east.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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

September normals 39–72°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Deep Creek (FR 368) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access in Montana