Upper Beetle Creek (FR 14231) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Upper Beetle Creek (FR 14231) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

15 mi from Eureka

Maps 5,216 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–6/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Pinkham Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 470 ft over 1.9 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 18%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Pinkham Mountain stands 1,118 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles south.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 32–48°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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