Keeler MTN Lookout (FR 4602) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Keeler MTN Lookout (FR 4602) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Three Rivers Ranger District

17 mi from Libby

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 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
  • All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 0.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Keeler Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 250 ft over 0.6 miles, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 22%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Keeler Mountain stands 816 ft above the map pin, 1.1 miles northeast.

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 36–51°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.