Swift-Echo (FR 5764) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Swift-Echo (FR 5764) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Sula Ranger District

31 mi from Hamilton

Maps 5,247 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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

Rough
  • 1.5 of this road’s 8.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 7.6 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Swift Creek.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Winds through 19 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Swift Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Bender Point stands 3,187 ft above the map pin, 8.1 miles south.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–54°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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