Black Butte - Copper (FR 6492) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Black Butte - Copper (FR 6492) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs Ranger District

15 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 6,135 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/16–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Rough
  • All 4.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Iron Butte.
  • Estimated climb: 670 ft over 4.6 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 19%.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with the nearest through road 3.4 miles off.
  • Black Butte stands 638 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles northeast.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–50°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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