Hart Bench Loop (FR 374) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Hart Bench Loop (FR 374) in MT
Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District
21 mi from Hamilton
Maps 5,505 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 15.4–32.4 and 32.8–35 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Motor-vehicle season 6/16–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access
Difficult
- 26.4 of this road’s 42.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 28.7 miles of it dirt.
- Near Trapper Creek Trailhead.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
- Winds through 68 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A gate 35 miles along the road, signed private.
Known camping along this road at mile 32.6: .
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Sugarloaf Peak stands 4,041 ft above the map pin, 4.2 miles west.
Rules
Climate averages
October normals 34–53°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.