Ball Lode (FR 8495) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
Ball Lode (FR 8495) in MT
Road corridorBeaverhead-Deerlodge NF
12 mi from Butte-Silver Bow (balance)
Maps 6,514 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0.3–1.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission. Miles 0–1.2 are inside the of Butte-Silver Bow (balance), whose rules apply there.
Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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
- All 1.1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Steep Mountain.
- Winds through 4 switchbacks.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Yankee Doodle Tailings Pond lies 0.6 mi off.
- Rampart Mountain stands 1,269 ft above the map pin, 3.1 miles east.
Climate averages
October normals 28–51°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.