Keeler Bottom (FR 4041) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Keeler Bottom (FR 4041) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Three Rivers Ranger District

16 mi from Libby

Maps 2,571 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Rough
  • All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Lime Butte.
  • Estimated climb: 0 ft over 0.4 miles, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 15%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Keeler Mountain stands 2,380 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles south.
  • Keeler Creek runs 0.4 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year… 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 39–55°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.