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

Lake Creek Campground

The Lake Creek Campground is located approximately 32 miles southwest of Libby off the West Fisher road. The campground has 4 sites all with tent pads, tables and fire rings and able to accomodate up to a 32' rv. There are also 4 dispersed campsites. Campground roads and parking spurs are gravel or native material. Amenities include potable water and vault toilets.

First-come, first-served

More like this: first-come in Montana

Season & status

SeasonMemorial Day
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 Lake Creek Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 3.20 inches of precipitation, 18.2 inches of snowFebruary: 2.34 inches of precipitation, 6.4 inches of snowMarch: 1.93 inches of precipitation, 3.7 inches of snowApril: 1.75 inches of precipitation, 0.3 inches of snowMay: 2.06 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 2.42 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 0.90 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 0.86 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 1.32 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 2.86 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowNovember: 3.46 inches of precipitation, 5.8 inches of snowDecember: 3.72 inches of precipitation, 17.0 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 28.0°F averageFebruary: 30.8°F averageMarch: 38.0°F averageApril: 45.0°F averageMay: 53.6°F averageJune: 59.5°F averageJuly: 66.8°F averageAugust: 65.7°F averageSeptember: 57.6°F averageOctober: 46.1°F averageNovember: 34.7°F averageDecember: 27.6°F average0 in5 in10 in15 in20 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Trout Creek RS, 13 miles from the campground at 2,356 feet, station USC00248380 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 27 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 51 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates48.0391° N, 115.4908° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

RV sales & serviceEverything RV ↗24.6 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

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.8 mi
    Fourth of July
    2.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 0.9 mi
    Silver Dollar
    4.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 1.7 mi
    Standard Creek ↗
    5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2 mi
    Bramlet Creek
    2.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2 mi
    Iron Meadows
    4.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.2 mi
    Teeters Peak
    2.3 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, which overlaps Idaho Panhandle National Forests.

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

We earn a small commission if you buy through these links. It does not change what we list.

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

Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Lake Creek Campground?

No. Lake Creek 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 Lake Creek Campground?

$0.00 Pack In/Pack Out

Source: Forest Service

What if Lake Creek Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Howard Lake Campground (4.7 mi, first-come), Pleasant Valley Campground (9.2 mi, first-come), and Sylvan Lake Campground (13 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby