Jumping Creek (FR 6413) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Jumping Creek (FR 6413) in MT

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

16 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 5,850 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–1.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 10.2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 1,900 ft over 10.2 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 15%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
  • Green Mountain stands 1,174 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles southwest.
  • Adams Creek runs 0.3 mi off.

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 28–50°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.