Geis Creek System (FR 6470) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Geis Creek System (FR 6470) in MT

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

13 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 6,121 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest ↗

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

Difficult
  • All 2.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Smoky Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 370 ft over 2.3 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 21%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
  • Smoky Mountain stands 1,564 ft above the map pin, 1.6 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 27–50°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.