U.S. Forest Service · Kootenai National Forest · Montana

Caribou Campground

Caribou Campground is located north of Troy on forest road 92. The campground has 3 sites with tables and fire rings. Amenities include a vault toilet.

More like this: first-come in Montana

Season & status

ForestKootenai National Forest
Fees$0.00 Pack in/Pack out
Rules16 day stay limit on all National Forest System Lands. Pets are welcome, but must be leashed. Lighting of fireworks is not allowed on National Forest System Lands.

Kootenai National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Caribou Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 2.27 inches of precipitationFebruary: 1.73 inches of precipitationMarch: 2.27 inches of precipitationApril: 1.23 inches of precipitationMay: 2.18 inches of precipitationJune: 2.54 inches of precipitationJuly: 1.17 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.93 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.31 inches of precipitationOctober: 1.70 inches of precipitationNovember: 2.75 inches of precipitationDecember: 2.69 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 21.7°F averageFebruary: 25.0°F averageMarch: 33.2°F averageApril: 40.7°F averageMay: 50.0°F averageJune: 56.0°F averageJuly: 62.1°F averageAugust: 61.6°F averageSeptember: 52.6°F averageOctober: 40.2°F averageNovember: 28.6°F averageDecember: 20.7°F average0 in1 in2 in3 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Yaak 9Nne, 6 miles from the campground at 3,085 feet, station USC00249187 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 23 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates48.9487° N, 115.5039° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Wildfire
    Upper Smith

    50 mi from the campground · 4,848 acres · 41% contained

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗15.8 mi
RV sales & serviceEverything RV ↗38.5 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

  • 0.3 mi
    Caribou Mountain ↗
    4.9 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.8 mi
    Henry Lakes ↗
    3.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile · national_recreation_or_other
  • 2.8 mi
    Dodge Summit Trail ↗
    4.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile
  • 3.1 mi
    Grubstake Mountain
    0.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.8 mi
    Wood Mountain
    4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 4 mi
    Wood Creek Scenic Larch Trail
    2.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Kootenai National Forest.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

Guidebooks for Montana

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  • Best Tent Camping: Montana
    Vicky Soderberg and Ken Soderberg, 2017
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  • Moon Montana, Wyoming and Idaho Camping
    Becky Lomax, 2015
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    Kenneth L. Graham, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Caribou Campground?

No. Caribou Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Caribou Campground?

$0.00 Pack in/Pack out

Source: Forest Service

What if Caribou Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Pete Creek Campground (14.5 mi, first-come), Rexford Bench (16.1 mi, partly first-come), and Camp 32 (16.1 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby