Spoon Creek (FR 716) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District

20 mi from Hamilton

Maps 5,003 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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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Difficult

All 10.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 9.4 miles of it dirt.
Near Grouse Butte.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~130 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 18 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Sugarloaf Peak stands 4,543 ft above the map pin, 4.5 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 36–55°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Spoon Creek (FR 716) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access