Bull River Campground (FR 1162) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Cabinet Ranger District

28 mi from Libby

Maps 2,198 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Easy

All 1 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved the whole way.
Near Chimney Rock.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Winds through 6 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 0.2 miles off.
Government Mountain stands 4,116 ft above the map pin, 2.6 miles east.
The Cabinet Gorge Reservoir shoreline is 0.1 mi 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 35–54°F, 3.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Bull River Campground (FR 1162) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access