Sutton Ridge Swamp CR (FR 494) — Rexford in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Sutton Ridge Swamp CR (FR 494) — Rexford in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Rexford Ranger District

17 mi from Eureka

Maps 5,872 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 33.2–33.5 and 44.5–47 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 26.4 of this road’s 39.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 21 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 5,100 ft over 39.9 miles through 15 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 23%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Little Sutton Mountain stands 787 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles north.

Rules

  • National Forests in Montana: … 1.1. Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 1.2. 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 30–45°F, 3.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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