Stud Horse Creek (FR 830) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Stud Horse Creek (FR 830) in MT

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

13 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 5,807 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 1–1.6 and 12.2–14.3 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
  • 1.8 of this road’s 14.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Green Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 1,800 ft over 14.2 miles through 11 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 31%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~160 ft on the downhill side.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • Smoky Mountain stands 1,878 ft above the map pin, 2.8 miles east.
  • Pistol Creek runs 0.7 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 28–51°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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