About Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness is the third largest wilderness in the lower 48 states, surpassed in size only by California's Death Valley Wilderness and Idaho's Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (RONR). Less than one-fifth of the area lies in Montana (see Idaho, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness). Only the 600-foot-wide Nez Perce Trail (The Magruder Corridor), an unimproved dirt road, separates the Selway-Bitterroot from the Frank Church-RONR. This Wilderness straddles both sides of the Bitterroot Mountain Range, which stands along the Montana-Idaho border and includes the Wild and Scenic Selway River, all of which flows through Idaho. A small portion of this wilderness is within the Lolo National Forest. Montana access is mostly through the Bitterroot National Forest.
- Managed by: USFS - Lolo National Forest
- Where: 10 mi west of Florence, MT · 46.63509, -114.2942
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jul–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–May.
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Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 24 mi
Propane: 16.7 mi
Camps nearby
- Charles Waters Campground 8.4 mi
- West Fork Butte Lookout 8.5 mi
- Campsite · 4 mi SW of Florence 8.6 mi
- Larry Creek Group Camp 8.6 mi
- Lolo Creek Campground and Picnic Area 10.6 mi
- Chief Looking Glass Campground 11.5 mi