Boulder Creek (FR 5631) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Boulder Creek (FR 5631) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, West Fork Ranger District

30 mi from Hamilton

Maps 4,367 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Bitterroot National Forest ↗

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

Rough
  • All 1.3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, mostly gravel with 0.1 miles of dirt.
  • Near Boulder Creek Trailhead.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Boulder Point stands 3,363 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles northwest.
  • West Fork Bitterroot River runs 0.1 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 33–59°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.