Helena Ranger District
The Helena Ranger District in Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest (Montana) has 447.6 miles of motorized routes on the U.S. Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map — 375.3 miles of roads and 72.3 miles of trails across 361 designated routes. Vehicle access: ATV 116.6 mi · Motorcycle 116.6 mi · E-bike routes. Seasonal routes generally open Apr 1 and close Dec 1. Every route here is informational and derived from the MVUM data — it is not a legal document; carry and follow the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map. Download the routes as GPX for your GPS or riding app.
- Total motorized miles
- 447.6
- Roads
- 375.3 mi
- Trails
- 72.3 mi
- Year-round miles
- 321.6 mi
- Seasonal miles
- 126 mi
375.3 mi of roads · 72.3 mi of trails, across 361 designated routes on the Motor Vehicle Use Map.
Vehicle access
What the MVUM designates for each vehicle class in this district — open miles, route count and season. A blank designation means the class is not designated here; it is shown as such, never guessed. ATV, motorcycle and e-bike classes are highlighted.
| Vehicle class | Open miles | Routes | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core off-highway (OHV) | |||
| ATV | 116.6 | 161 | Varies by route |
| Motorcycle / dirt bike | 116.6 | 161 | Varies by route |
| Other wheeled OHV | 116.6 | 161 | Varies by route |
| Wider OHV (over 50 inches) | |||
| 4WD > 50" | 44.3 | 26 | Varies by route |
| 2WD > 50" | 44.3 | 26 | Varies by route |
| Tracked OHV > 50" | 44.3 | 26 | Varies by route |
| Other OHV > 50" | 44.3 | 26 | Varies by route |
| Narrow OHV (under 50 inches) | |||
| Tracked OHV < 50" | 44.3 | 26 | Varies by route |
| Other OHV < 50" | 44.3 | 26 | Varies by route |
| E-bikes | |||
| E-bike Class 1 | 0 | 27 | Varies by route |
| E-bike Class 2 | 0 | 27 | Varies by route |
| E-bike Class 3 | 0 | 27 | Varies by route |
| Road-legal / licensed vehicles | |||
| Passenger vehicle | 375.3 | 226 | Varies by route |
| High-clearance vehicle | 375.3 | 226 | Varies by route |
| Truck | 375.3 | 226 | Varies by route |
| Bus | 375.3 | 226 | Varies by route |
| Motorhome | 375.3 | 226 | Varies by route |
Seasons
Of the 447.6 motorized miles here, about 321.6 miles are open year-round and 126 miles are seasonal — the seasonal window generally runs from 04/01 to 12/01 (MM/DD). Each vehicle class can carry its own season; see the access matrix above, and always confirm current status on the official Motor Vehicle Use Map.
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Named routes
Show the 193 named routes in this district
Named routes on the MVUM and whether ATV and motorcycle use is designated on each. This is a per-district reference, not a separate page per route. Use the filter to find a route.
| 138-C1 | ✓ | ✓ |
|---|---|---|
| BALDY RIDGE | ✓ | ✓ |
| BULLOCK HILL LOOP | ✓ | ✓ |
| CAVE RIDGE | ✓ | ✓ |
| CELLAR GULCH | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLARKS CANYON | ✓ | ✓ |
| DEADWOOD GULCH T1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| DEADWOOD GULCH T2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| ELLISTON SPOTTED DOG | ✓ | ✓ |
| FAITH GULCH | ✓ | ✓ |
| FROHNER MEADOWS | ✓ | ✓ |
| FROHNER STUB | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #10 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #4 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #5 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #6 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #7 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR #9 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIDDEN VALLEY SPUR D3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| HOLIDAY | ✓ | ✓ |
| JERUSHA GULCH | ✓ | ✓ |
| LAVA MOUNTAIN | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIMBURGER SPRING | ✓ | ✓ |
| MONARCH CREEK | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEGRO MT 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEGRO MT 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEGRO MT 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEVER SWEAT | ✓ | ✓ |
| PRICKLY PEAR | ✓ | ✓ |
| QUARTZ CREEK | ✓ | ✓ |
| QUARTZ CREEK SPUR B1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| SKELLY GULCH | ✓ | ✓ |
| SKYLINE 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| SKYLINE 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| SKYLINE 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| SLATE LAKE | ✓ | ✓ |
| TIZER GUARD STA | ✓ | ✓ |
| TIZER LAKES | ✓ | ✓ |
| TREASURE MT 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| TREASURE MT 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| UPPER HOPE GULCH | ✓ | ✓ |
| WF CLARKS CANYON | ✓ | ✓ |
| 123-014 | · | · |
| 123-A1 | · | · |
| 1876-A1 SPUR | · | · |
| 4005-005 | · | · |
| 495-C3 | · | · |
| AMERICAN BAR C1 | · | · |
| AMERICAN BAR LOOP | · | · |
| AMERICAN BAR SPUR H1 | · | · |
| AMERICAN BAR SPUR H2 | · | · |
| BANNER CREEK | · | · |
| BANNER CREEK SPUR | · | · |
| BEAVER CK.- INDIAN CK. | · | · |
| BEAVER CREEK SPUR | · | · |
| BEAVER CRK-IND CREK SPUR P1 | · | · |
| BEAVER CRK-IND CRK SPUR Q1 | · | · |
| BEAVER SPUR F1 | · | · |
| BEAVER-CHESSMAN PARALLEL | · | · |
| BETWEEN GULCH | · | · |
| BIG LOG GULCH TRAILHEAD | · | · |
| BLUEBIRD MINE | · | · |
| BOWMAN GULCH | · | · |
| BULL RUN GULCH | · | · |
| BULLIAN PARKS E1 | · | · |
| BULLIAN PARKS H1 | · | · |
| BULLION PARKS | · | · |
| CAVE GULCH | · | · |
| CHARITY GULCH 2 | · | · |
| CHESSMAN | · | · |
| COTTONWOOD GULCH | · | · |
| COTTONWOOD GULCH - POWERLINE | · | · |
| COTTONWOOD GULCH SPUR B1 | · | · |
| CROMWELL DIXON CAMPGD | · | · |
| CRYSTAL CREEK | · | · |
| DOG CREEK | · | · |
| DOG-HOPE CONN | · | · |
| ELLISTON-SPOTTED DOG | · | · |
| ESMERALDA HILL | · | · |
| FAVORITE GULCH | · | · |
| FLUME CREEK RIDGE | · | · |
| FRONTIER TOWN | · | · |
| GOULD DIGGINS | · | · |
| GREENHORN -KEEP | · | · |
| GREENHORN MOUNTAIN | · | · |
| GROUSE RIDGE | · | · |
| GROUSE RIDGE EXTENSION | · | · |
| HAHN CREEK | · | · |
| HARD LUCK MINE | · | · |
| HEDGES MOUNTAIN | · | · |
| HOGBACK EXTENSION | · | · |
| HOGBACK MOUNTAIN | · | · |
| HOGBACK MOUNTAIN SPUR C2 | · | · |
| HOPE CREEK | · | · |
| HUNTERS GULCH | · | · |
| INDIAN FLATS | · | · |
| IRISH HILL EXTRA | · | · |
| IRISH MINE | · | · |
| JIM BALL BASIN | · | · |
| JIM BALL SPUR A1 | · | · |
| JIM BALL SPUR A3 | · | · |
| JOSEPHINE-ONTARIO | · | · |
| JOSEPHINE-ONTARIO SPUR C1 | · | · |
| KADING ADM SITE | · | · |
| KADING CPGD | · | · |
| KADY GULCH | · | · |
| KADY GULCH SPUR1 | · | · |
| KELLEY GULCH | · | · |
| KELLY GULCH SPUR B1 | · | · |
| KINGSBERRY LOOP | · | · |
| KINGSBERRY-OREGON RIDGE | · | · |
| LIONS SUNSHINE CAMP | · | · |
| LITTLE BLACKFOOT | · | · |
| LOGAN GULCH | · | · |
| LOWER SWEATS GULCH | · | · |
| MACDONALD PASS CDNST TRAILHEAD | · | · |
| MACDONALD PASS J1 | · | · |
| MACDONALD PASS VISTA | · | · |
| MACDONALD TOWER SOUTH | · | · |
| MCCLELLAN CR | · | · |
| METROPOLITAN BAR | · | · |
| MICROWAVE ROAD | · | · |
| MIDDLE FORK WARM SPRINGS | · | · |
| MIDDLE SWEATS GULCH | · | · |
| MINA GULCH | · | · |
| MINNEHAHA | · | · |
| MISSOURI RIVER TRAILHEAD | · | · |
| MONARCH | · | · |
| MOOSE CR-TENMILE | · | · |
| MOOSE CR. ADMIN SITE | · | · |
| MOOSE CREEK CAMPGROUND | · | · |
| NEGRO MTN CONNECTION | · | · |
| NEGRO MTN-TREASURE MTN | · | · |
| NEWMANS CAMP | · | · |
| NORTH FORK TRAVIS | · | · |
| ONTARIO | · | · |
| OPHIR CAVE | · | · |
| OPHIR CAVE | · | · |
| OREGON GULCH | · | · |
| OREGON GULCH CONNECTION | · | · |
| OWL GULCH ROAD | · | · |
| PARK CITY | · | · |
| PARK LAKE | · | · |
| PARK LAKE CPGD | · | · |
| PAULY | · | · |
| PAULY SPRINGS | · | · |
| PEERLESS STUB | · | · |
| PIKE GULCH CAMPGROUND | · | · |
| PIKE GULCH SPUR A1 | · | · |
| PIPE LINE | · | · |
| PIPELINE LOOP | · | · |
| PIPELINE SPUR B1 | · | · |
| PIPELINE SPUR B2 | · | · |
| PIPELINE SPUR D1 | · | · |
| PIPELINE SPUR D2 | · | · |
| POWELL SPUR | · | · |
| POWELL SPUR E1 | · | · |
| PRIEST PASS | · | · |
| PRIEST PASS-AUSTIN | · | · |
| QUIGLEY GROUP USE SITE | · | · |
| QUIGLEY GROUP USE SITE A1 | · | · |
| S FK LITTLE PRICKLY PEAR | · | · |
| SKY LINE | · | · |
| SLATE CREEK SPUR A6 | · | · |
| SLATE CREEK-HAT CREEK | · | · |
| SNOWSHOE-DEADWOOD | · | · |
| SURVEYORS GULCH A3 | · | · |
| SWEATS CUT-ACROSS | · | · |
| SWEATS GULCH | · | · |
| SWEATS MEADOW | · | · |
| TELEGRAPH | · | · |
| TELEPHONE | · | · |
| THOMPSON FLAT | · | · |
| TOWSLEY GULCH | · | · |
| TRAVIS SPUR | · | · |
| TV TOWER | · | · |
| UNCLE BEN | · | · |
| UNCLE BEN SPUR D1 | · | · |
| UPPER COTTONWOOD GULCH | · | · |
| UPPER GROUSE RIDGE | · | · |
| VIGILANTE CAMPGROUND | · | · |
| WARM SPRINGS | · | · |
| WILLARD CREEK | · | · |
| WILLOW CREEK | · | · |
| WINTERBURN COW CAMP | · | · |
| Y FORK | · | · |
| Y GULCH LOOP | · | · |
| Y GULCH LOOP SPUR A1 | · | · |
| YORK GULCH | · | · |
Data: U.S. Forest Service, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Motor Vehicle Use Map — Roads (layer 1) and Trails (layer 2), retrieved 2026-07-11. A work of the U.S. Government, public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). State assignment: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb state boundaries.
This page is a searchable summary of the Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map data — it is not the official MVUM and not a legal document. Route designations, closures and conditions change. The controlling document is the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map: carry it and follow posted signs when you ride.
Data vintage: USFS EDW MVUM, retrieved 2026-07-11.
Nearby districts
The six nearest ranger districts by centroid distance (great-circle) — cross-forest and cross-state neighbours included — for planning a wider trip.
| District | Forest | Total miles | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsend Ranger District | Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT | 526.3 | 53 km |
| Lincoln Ranger District | Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT | 304.5 | 55 km |
| Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs Ranger District | Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT | 623.2 | 103 km |
| Seeley Lake Ranger District | Lolo National Forest, MT | 343 | 123 km |
| Rocky Mountain Ranger District | Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT | 171.6 | 126 km |
| Judith-Musselshell Ranger District | Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT | 832.7 | 137 km |
Frequently asked questions
- Can you ride an ATV in the Helena Ranger District?
- Yes. The MVUM designates ATV use on about 116.6 miles across 161 routes here (varies by route). Confirm on the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map before you ride.
- How many miles of motorized routes are in the Helena Ranger District?
- 447.6 miles total — 375.3 miles of roads and 72.3 miles of trails, across 361 designated routes on the Forest Service MVUM.
- Is this the official Motor Vehicle Use Map?
- No. This page is an informational, searchable view of the MVUM route data. It is not a legal document. The controlling document is the district's official MVUM — always carry and follow it.
- Are the routes open year-round?
- Partly. About 321.6 miles are open year-round and 126 miles are seasonal (typically open Apr 1 to Dec 1). Each vehicle class can have its own season — see the access matrix above.
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