Doak CR Blue MTN (FR 755) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Doak CR Blue MTN (FR 755) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Libby Ranger District

6.7 mi from Libby

Maps 2,617 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.4–0.9, 9.6–10.9 and 18.5–19.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Kootenai National Forest ↗

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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Road Access

Difficult
  • 17.9 of this road’s 29.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 25.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 7,100 ft over 29.1 miles through 23 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 33%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~160 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.9 miles off.
  • Blue Mountain stands 3,433 ft above the map pin, 3.5 miles east.
  • Doak Creek runs 0.7 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • you are not allowed to stay for a period longer than 16 consecutive days and no more than 32 cumulative days within a calendar year on National Forests in Montana
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 31–55°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.