Black Mountain (FR 16) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Black Mountain (FR 16) in WY

Road corridorBighorn NF, Tongue Ranger District

24 mi from Powder Horn

Maps 8,349 ft

No overnight camping

Bighorn National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–12/14Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 5 road mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 4.5 of this road’s 15 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 4.5 miles of dirt.
  • Winds through 13 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 11.6 and mile 13.4: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • A river runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Lookout Mountain stands 1,793 ft above the map pin, 5.2 miles southeast.

Rules

  • There is a year round 14-day stay limit . At the end of day 14, to continue camping, visitors must relocate their camp at least 5 road miles from the current location and cannot return to the original location for 14 days.
  • Camping rules
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Prohibited.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 25–45°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.