Mckay Creek (FR 1022) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Mckay Creek (FR 1022) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Cabinet Ranger District

30 mi from Libby

Maps 2,425 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.7–3.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Kootenai National Forest ↗

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

Difficult
  • 1.1 of this road’s 3.4 miles 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.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
  • Engle Peak stands 5,134 ft above the map pin, 5.4 miles northeast.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
  • The Noxon Rapids Reservoir shoreline is 0.4 mi off.

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 34–57°F, 3.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.