Fish Creek - Lolo Creek (FR 343) in MT

Road corridorLolo NF, Ninemile Ranger District

23 mi from Frenchtown

0.0 mi off US 12 (straight line)

Maps 3,122 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–26.6 and 28.8–33.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 6/16–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

14.2 of this road’s 51.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 41.8 miles of it dirt.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~170 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 34 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate 36.9 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 6.2: 1 mapped spot.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Williams Peak stands 2,344 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles north.
Fish Creek runs 0.2 mi off.

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 33–57°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Fish Creek - Lolo Creek (FR 343) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access