South Fork Tenderfoot (FR 6424) in MT

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

30 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 4,783 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.6–1 and 6.4–7.4 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

Difficult

All 8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
Estimated climb: 850 ft over 8 miles through 12 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 27%.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Mongar Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
Mount Vesuvius stands 2,021 ft above the map pin, 2.7 miles northeast.

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 30–55°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

South Fork Tenderfoot (FR 6424) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access