FR 8660 — Blacktail Canyon Trailhead in MT -- Camping Rules & Access
FR 8660 — Blacktail Canyon Trailhead in MT
Road corridorBeaverhead-Deerlodge NF
10 mi from Butte-Silver Bow (balance)
Maps 5,619 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–0.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission. Miles 0–0.8 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 0.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Estimated climb: 230 ft over 0.8 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 18%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Little Blacktail Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
- Goldflint Mountain stands 2,230 ft above the map pin, 4.4 miles northeast.
Climate averages
October normals 26–54°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.