Blackleaf Canyon (FR 145) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Blackleaf Canyon (FR 145) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Rocky Mountain Ranger District

28 mi from Choteau

Maps 5,297 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest ↗

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

Moderate
  • 0 of this road’s 0.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Volcano Reef.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with no through road within 3.7 miles.
  • Mount Frazier stands 3,000 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles west.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year is prohibited… Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year is prohibited.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–50°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.