Tub Gulch Ridge (FR 5083) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Tub Gulch Ridge (FR 5083) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Libby Ranger District

5.2 mi from Libby

Maps 3,082 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 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Sheldon Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 140 ft over 0.4 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 17%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • Blue Mountain stands 2,968 ft above the map pin, 4.6 miles north.
  • A river runs 1.0 mi off.

Rules

  • you are not allowed to stay for a period longer than 16 consecutive days and no more than 32 cumulative days within a calendar year on National Forests in Montana
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 36–54°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.