Paint Creek (FR 5778) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Sula Ranger District

24 mi from Hamilton

Maps 7,024 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Motor-vehicle season 6/16–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Difficult

4.2 of this road’s 23 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 21.5 miles of it dirt.
Near Blue Mountain.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 33 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate 8.9 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.

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

October normals 27–47°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Paint Creek (FR 5778) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access