Kootenai National Forest
Kootenai National Forest
Libby, MT 59923
Phone:406-293-6211
Fax:406-283-7709
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r1/kootenai
Size: 2,200,000 acres.
Location:Northwestern Montana. Accessible by US 2 and 93; MT 37, 56, 200, and 508. Nearby cities/towns include Eureka and Libby.
Facilities:6 rental cabins and lookout towers, 39 developed campgrounds, picnic sites, trails (1,343 miles), scenic drives.
Activities:Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, swimming, water skiing, hiking, horseback riding, cross-country and downhill skiing, snowmobiling, rock climbing, bicycling, gold panning.
Special Features:Portions of five mountain ranges: Whitefish Range, Purcell Mountains, Bitterroot Range, Salish Mountains, Cabinet Mountains; Kootenai and Clark Fork rivers; Lake Koocanusa, Cabinet Gorge, and Noxon reservoirs; 100 lakes ranging from small alpine lakes to 1,240-acre McGregor Lake.
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