Butler Creek Loop (FR 456) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access in Montana

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Butler Creek Loop (FR 456) in MT

Road corridorLolo NF, Ninemile Ranger District

12 mi from Frenchtown

Maps 3,201 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Motor-vehicle season 4/2–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 0.8 of this road’s 10.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 7.4 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Spring Creek Dam.
  • Winds through 6 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 9.9: reported by travellers.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Butler Creek runs 0.3 mi off.
  • Stark Mountain stands 4,150 ft above the map pin, 4.8 miles west.

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

September normals 44–73°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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