Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

Hike

North Fork Bear Creek

Near Monitor Peak
3,936 ft of climbing
Camp 3 mi away

15.6 mi out & back · 3,936 ft gain · 9,727 ft high point · Very hard

Via Main Bear Creek (1.3 mi)

Montana · U.S. Forest Service

About Elevation Highlights Map Camp near here More hikes

About this hike

North Fork Bear Creek Trail is a 15.6-mile out and back route using Main Bear Creek with 3,936 feet of climb and a 9,727-foot high point.

Elevation

3,936 ft of gain round trip.

Camp near here

The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.

See all on the map

2.9 mi from the trailhead
Bear Creek Campground - MT
Campground · Montana

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

23 mi from you
Mount Washburn Spur Trail
- Summits Mount Washburn
- Inside Yellowstone National Park
- 3,966 ft of climbing
16.9 mi out & back · 3,966 ft gain · Very hard
Yellowstone National Park · Camp under a mile away

Out: 3,410 ft up, returns the same way. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Highlights

What the trail reaches, measured from the start.

Hanlon HillNearby · 0.0 mi in
Monitor PeakNearby · 7.6 mi in

Map

The hike from its start, the approach dashed. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 15.6 mi
Shape: Out & back
Gain: 3,936 ft round trip
High point: 9,727 ft
Low point: 6,531 ft
Difficulty: Very hardFrom 15.6 mi and 3,936 ft of climbing
Managed by: U.S. Forest Service
State: Montana
Camps within 15 mi: 6
Trailhead: 45.0746° N · 110.6331° W

Get directions Open the map

3.2 mi from the trailhead

Eagle Creek Campground - Custer Gallatin National Forest

Campground · Montana

7.6 mi from the trailhead

Mammoth Campground

Campground · Wyoming

10 mi from you

Bunsen Peak Trail

Passes Bunsen Peak
Inside Yellowstone National Park
2,925 ft of climbing

8.4 mi out & back · 2,925 ft gain · Hard

Yellowstone National Park · Camp 3 mi away

Dunraven Pass - Mount Washburn Trail

Summits Mount Washburn
Inside Yellowstone National Park
1,654 ft of climbing

7.0 mi out & back · 1,654 ft gain · Hard

Yellowstone National Park · Camp 4 mi away

Mount Washburn South Trail

Summits Mount Washburn
Inside Yellowstone National Park
1,631 ft of climbing

6.6 mi out & back · 1,631 ft gain · Hard

Yellowstone National Park · Camp 4 mi away

Mount Holmes-Winter Creek Trail

Summits Mount Holmes
Inside Yellowstone National Park
3,583 ft of climbing

21.4 mi out & back · 3,583 ft gain · Very hard

Yellowstone National Park · Camp 3 mi away

Chittenden Road-Mount Washburn Trail

Summits Mount Washburn
Inside Yellowstone National Park
1,569 ft of climbing

5.7 mi out & back · 1,569 ft gain · Hard

Yellowstone National Park · Camp 5 mi away

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

Main Bear Creek
- Near Hanlon Hill
- 1,334 ft of climbing
- Camp 3 mi away
6.9 mi out & back · 1,334 ft gain · Hard
Montana · Camp 3 mi away
North Fork Bear Creek
- Inside Gallatin National Forest
- 2,740 ft of climbing
- Camp 4 mi away
10.9 mi out & back · 2,740 ft gain · Very hard
Gallatin National Forest · Camp 4 mi away
North Fork Wall Creek
- Inside Beaverhead National Forest
- 2,684 ft of climbing
- Camp 3 mi away
11.7 mi out & back · 2,684 ft gain · Very hard
Beaverhead National Forest · Camp 3 mi away
South Fork Bear Creek
- Passes a waterfall
- Inside Bitterroot National Forest
- 1,990 ft of climbing
12.3 mi out & back · 1,990 ft gain · Hard
Bitterroot National Forest · Camp 8 mi away

Signal

Cell coverage here

No carrier reports signal at this spot.

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain

Weather

7-day forecast

Mon49°33°Partly Sunny
Tue46°28°Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers
Wed50°31°Mostly Sunny
Thu54°31°Mostly Sunny
Fri51°33°Mostly Sunny
Sat48°34°Mostly Sunny
Sun48°Chance Rain And Snow Showers

Mon: Partly Sunny · wind 5 to 12 mph SSE

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly