Gray Creek (FR 3500) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Gray Creek (FR 3500) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

27 mi from Eureka

Maps 4,135 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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
  • 6.5 of this road’s 12 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 6.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 2,600 ft over 12 miles through 4 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 19%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Elk Mountain stands 2,445 ft above the map pin, 3.2 miles southeast.
  • Gray Creek runs 0.6 mi off.

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 36–52°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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