Kootenai Creek (FR 1322) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Kootenai Creek (FR 1322) in MT
Road corridorBitterroot NF, Stevensville Ranger District
3.5 mi from Stevensville
Maps 3,501 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–0.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access
Easy
- All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved the whole way.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
- Saint Mary Peak stands 5,842 ft above the map pin, 5.2 miles west.
- Brooks Creek runs 1.0 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Rules
- The Restricted Area includes all land, roads and trails located within the boundaries of the following National Forests and National Grassland:…National Forests in Montana:…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
Climate averages
October normals 31–59°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.