Petty Creek Road Dispersed Camping

It was a really pretty quick stay for us passing through. Right by the rattlesnake river, it was lovely having that flow through at night. There were others camped near by and everyone was quiet.

About 4 good spots. Easy off I-90. Great for overnight before back on the road.

Perfect spot for the night off of i90. Would be hard with a big rig but perfect for a van. Room for multiple vehicles with same privacy

It is RIGHT off the road, I missed it coming back from town (having been to the site once already). Any vehicle (cars too) can get to the 3 or 4 sites. Turn around may be iffy. Depending on your skills and the size.

All sites are close together, though we are here by ourselves. You can hear I90 in the background, but we slept in our car and it didn’t bother either of us. Saw deer so far.

It’s tucked in a valley, so no awesome views. This is a spot for ease and convenience, it got 4 stars for that. Lost the 5th for no view.

Great site, easy access for our van. Flat parking and quiet. A ranger came to say hello in the morning while we were making breakfast and was friendly. Fishing in the river available down the street about a mile away. Multiple spots to choose from.

Great spot. Really private, beautiful view of the mountains.

We have a 27 foot RV towed with a truck that has a 8ft bed. Initially we missed the turn and had nowhere to turn around since this is on the side of a mountain.

A couple miles down the road, I noticed a u shaped turn around on the side of the road and decided to pull through it. There was a huge dip and I got my tow hitch stuck. My tires couldn’t get any traction.

Luckily a nice guy with a truck and some chain pulled us out. We ended up finding a turn around. We did have to hop out of the truck and maneuver it a bit.

However, we found the right road. The site was reasonable to back into. We are parked in the front, I wouldn’t recommend parking a 20ft plus rig in the back site.

Something is eating big game out here so lock up your food.

Wayyyy better than sleeping in a parking lot.

Great little spot to hold over for the night. The GPS coordinates listed on the map are spot on, and the turn-off comes up quickly. There look to be 4 spots. I used the one right by the road turn off. There was another person who had a travel trailer in another. It's close to the highway and just over the river in Lolo forest lands. Only stayed one night, but the guy in the camper says he's been there for weeks, and nobody has bothered him.

Minimal road noise but not too far off the road, unfrequented part of the road, able to turn around and back up a teardrop without problems. Creek is dried up, but has a few different sites with rock fire pits. People who must have stayed the night before us (4/9, Waters) left trash and a lot of cigarette butts (plus a little Caesar’s box with their name and date on it), but we got most of it cleaned back up and back to it beautiful nature

It was a good spot despite that I was in the middle of a windstorm. The only part that genuinely made me concern and what docked points was the fact that I had multiple people throughout the night, pulling up to the spot and like walking around my truck

Loved this spot. Toyota Tundra pulling a 14' trailer. We were able to back into site (flat !) and do a 180° turn ok to exit. We stayed one night 9/23/24 and had the place to ourselves. Nice rock fire pits.

Great quiet spot next to the road. Not much traffic, we slept great in our car and felt very safe.

What a great spot! 3 sites in a beautiful spot, about 5 minutes off the highway. We pulled in about 7pm and we were the only ones there. Someone else pulled in around 9 but the sites were separated by enough trees we could barely tell they were there. Felt very private, and the stars were fantastic! Creek bed runs right next to the back site, but it was completely dried up in late July.

Right off the road and easy to get to. I only saw 2 spots and the other was occupied. Both had fire rings but we were in a fire restriction. I got the site closest to the road and it was not so bad, I was camping in my car anyway. The spot seemed pretty level. The trees were gorgeous. Not bad for a free spot.

super easy to get to! just exit off I90 onto Petty Creek Road and go straight for a mile or two. not totally isolated, the site is not too far from the road but not the interstate, so there is a bit of noise but not frequently. service is spotty, verizon and at&t had only 1 bar. found some random bones, saw some deer, and lots of bugs. small area with a few places to park, thankfully nobody was there when we were but could be fun for a group!

Beautiful spot a little ways south down petty creek road, stayed here one night after rock climbing at Alberton. Fire rings and accessible by cat