N Frk Rye-Harlan MTN (FR 321) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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N Frk Rye-Harlan MTN (FR 321) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District

12 mi from Hamilton

Maps 5,119 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 6.6–6.9, 10.6–11.2, 17.2–17.5, 43.5–45.1, 46.9–48, 48.8–50 and 52.1–54.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Bitterroot National Forest ↗

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
  • 46.9 of this road’s 69.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 60.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Harlan Point.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~190 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Winds through 122 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 34 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Harlan Point stands 1,262 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles east.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–55°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.