Waddell (FR 550) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District

15 mi from Hamilton

Maps 4,767 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

VerizonWEAK

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Difficult

0.9 of this road’s 12.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 9.2 miles of it dirt.
Near Como Lake Trailhead.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 26 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate 11.6 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 8 and mile 11.2: 1 mapped spot.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
The Lake Como shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
Como Peaks stands 4,806 ft above the map pin, 6.0 miles southwest.

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 34–53°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Waddell (FR 550) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access