Laughing Water (FR 7008) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

13 mi from Eureka

Maps 3,020 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

0.7 of this road’s 2.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.7 miles of dirt.
Near Black Lake Dam.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.6: 1 mapped spot.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Mount Marston stands 4,327 ft above the map pin, 4.2 miles northeast.
Murphy Lake lies 0.4 mi off.

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

October normals 30–54°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Laughing Water (FR 7008) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access