Upper Bear Creek (FR 4784) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Upper Bear Creek (FR 4784) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Libby Ranger District

14 mi from Libby

Maps 3,536 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 3.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near McDonald Mountain.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
  • McDonald Mountain stands 2,765 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles west.
  • Cable Creek runs 0.9 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 32–51°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.