Moonshine Connection (FR 5612) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District

23 mi from Hamilton

Maps 4,074 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–1.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 6/16–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Difficult

6.8 of this road’s 15.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 13.1 miles of it dirt.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
Winds through 27 switchbacks.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
East Fork Bitterroot River runs 0.1 mi off.
Shook Mountain stands 3,485 ft above the map pin, 4.1 miles south.

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 31–58°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Moonshine Connection (FR 5612) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access