Ranch Creek (FR 3423) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Ranch Creek (FR 3423) in MT

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

17 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 6,019 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
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Smoky Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 550 ft over 1.7 miles, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 24%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Ranch Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Smoky Mountain stands 1,666 ft above the map pin, 2.6 miles south.

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 27–49°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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