Macdonald Pass Vista (FR 4197) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Helena Ranger District

9.5 mi from Helena West Side

Maps 6,321 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 5/16–4/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonSTRONG

AT&TSTRONG

T-MobileSTRONG

StarlinkEXCELLENT

Easy

All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, gravel the whole way.
A cattle guard at the start of the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.2: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
A pond lies 0.6 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 29–49°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Macdonald Pass Vista (FR 4197) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access