Deer Creek (Lake Elsina) (FR 465) in MT

Road corridorLolo NF, Seeley Lake Ranger District

7.6 mi from Seeley Lake

18 mi off US 93 (straight line)

Maps 4,673 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–6.4 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

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Difficult

1.7 of this road’s 6.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
Estimated climb: 1,700 ft over 6.9 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 13%.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate 2.2 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Fawn Creek runs 0.9 mi off.
Mount Henry stands 2,409 ft above the map pin, 5.3 miles northwest.

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 28–53°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Deer Creek (Lake Elsina) (FR 465) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access