Colt Creek (FR 646) in MT

Road corridorLolo NF, Seeley Lake Ranger District

17 mi from Seeley Lake

21 mi off US 93 (straight line)

Maps 4,568 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 10.7–11.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Difficult

3.8 of this road’s 11.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 1.8 miles of dirt.
Winds through 7 switchbacks.
A gate 8.5 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Sunset Peak stands 2,558 ft above the map pin, 3.9 miles southwest.

Camping or occupying any single site is limited to 16 days, and camping or occupying any number of sites in the Northern Region is limited to 32 cumulative days in a calendar year.
Camping rules

October normals 33–53°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Colt Creek (FR 646) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access