Ross Creek (FR 398) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Three Rivers Ranger District

19 mi from Libby

Maps 2,429 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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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StarlinkFAIR

Moderate

All 3.3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved the whole way.
Near Ross Creek Picnic Area.
Estimated climb: 630 ft over 3.3 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 19%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 1.4: reported by travellers.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Bad Medicine Spires stands 2,424 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles north.
Ross Creek runs 0.6 mi off.

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

September normals 40–72°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Ross Creek (FR 398) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access in Montana