Lost Stove (FR 3484) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Lost Stove (FR 3484) in MT

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

29 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 7,198 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 5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.3 miles of dirt.
  • Near Iron Mountain.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
  • Iron Mountain stands 569 ft above the map pin, 0.8 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 27–46°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.