Confederate (FR 287) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Townsend Ranger District

23 mi from Townsend

Maps 6,030 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.6–1.3 and 2.1–2.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Rough

All 2.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, dirt the whole way.
Estimated climb: 60 ft over 2.4 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 32%.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Boulder Baldy stands 2,908 ft above the map pin, 6.9 miles southeast.

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

October normals 29–48°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Confederate (FR 287) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access