Telegraph (FR 495) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Telegraph (FR 495) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Helena Ranger District

14 mi from Helena West Side

Maps 5,501 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 3.3–5.1, 7.3–7.9 and 11.4–12.3 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 1.9 of this road’s 13.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 5.4 miles of dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 2,700 ft over 13.9 miles through 12 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 25%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Negro Mountain stands 1,704 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles southwest.
  • Little Blackfoot River runs 0.6 mi off.

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

October normals 32–52°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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