(PO) Little Sleeping Child (FR 5604) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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(PO) Little Sleeping Child (FR 5604) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District

7.2 mi from Hamilton

Maps 3,807 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–1.3 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Bitterroot National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 1.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • A gate 1.2 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Little Sleeping Child Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Ward Mountain stands 5,306 ft above the map pin, 7.6 miles west.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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 32–59°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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