Bonine Creek (FR 6494) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Bonine Creek (FR 6494) in MT

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

17 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 6,332 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
StarlinkFAIR

Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 220 ft over 1.1 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 20%.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Ranch Creek runs 0.9 mi off.
  • Mizpah Peak stands 1,428 ft above the map pin, 3.5 miles north.

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 26–48°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.