Lick Creek (FR 5621) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District

13 mi from Hamilton

Maps 4,493 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.

Motor-vehicle season 6/16–8/31Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

4.6 of this road’s 11.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 7.4 miles of it dirt.
Near Como Lake Trailhead.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 23 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 3.9 and mile 10.7: 2 mapped spots.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
The Kramis Pond shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
Koch Mountain stands 4,560 ft above the map pin, 5.7 miles west.

National Forests in Montana:…Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a). (see appendix A).
Camping rules

October normals 31–56°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Lick Creek (FR 5621) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access