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What can you ride on Butte Field Office routes?

How many of Butte Field Office's published BLM routes list your vehicle, and any limits in BLM's own words.

Butte Field Office routes by vehicle

513 mi of published routes in Montana, BLM file as of September 2026.

Vehicle	Routes list it	BLM does not say
ATV	195 mi	283 mi
Side-by-side (UTV)	190 mi	283 mi
Motorcycle (dirt bike)	201 mi	283 mi
Street-legal 4x4	178 mi	283 mi

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Street-legal 4x4 · Butte Field Office

BLM is silent on many

178 mi of Butte Field Office's 513 mi of published routes list street-legal 4x4s.

List your vehicle 178 mi
Vehicle limit in BLM's words 29 mi
List other vehicles 22 mi
BLM does not say 283 mi

163 mi of the routes that list your vehicle carry a seasonal restriction from BLM. Where BLM words it, the dates are below.

29 mi are marked for all vehicles, but BLM narrows them in its own words. Read those lines below.

Routes with limits, in BLM's words (the longest of 224)

Jimmy New Road · 10 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Unnamed routes · 9 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Dry Cabin Gulch · 8 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Woodsiding Gulch · 5 mi"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Spokane Road · 5 mi · All motorized vehicles"Game Retrieval Only"
Moosetown/McLain Creek Road · 4 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Dandy · 4 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Comet/Mount Thompson · 4 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Dickie Ridge Road · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Boulder Hill Ridge · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Woods-Browns Gulch · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Unnamed routes · 3 mi"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
South Soap Fire · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Chicken Gulch Road a · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 10/15 to 5/15"
Unnamed routes · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Limited to veh <= 50" wide"
Homestake Creek Trail · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Limited to veh <= 50" wide; Closed 3/15 to 5/15"
East/West Trail · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Limited to veh <= 50" wide"
Beefstraight Trail · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Limited to veh <= 50" wide"
Santa Anita Mine · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Ruby Mine · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Clay Canyon Road · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 10/15"
Pipestone Exit Trail · 3 mi · All motorized vehicles"Limited to veh <= 50" wide"
Patton Spring South · 2 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"
Cabin Gulch Spur · 2 mi · All motorized vehicles"Closed 12/2 to 5/15"

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Source: Bureau of Land Management. Not a legal document or land survey. Check with the BLM field office and posted signs before you ride.

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Limits in BLM's words

Routes from the Bureau of Land Management, simplified for web display. Rules and contacts: BLM off-highway vehicle program.

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178 mi of the 513 mi of routes BLM publishes for Butte Field Office list street-legal 4x4s. Pick another vehicle in the tool for its own count. A route missing from the file is not published, which is not the same as closed.

BLM flags 191 mi here with a seasonal restriction. Where its file words the limit, the tool shows the words unchanged, and the file does not word them all. Check with the field office before you plan around them.

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