Sylvia Lake Campground
Sylvia Lake Campground has 3 designated campsites. Each site has a picnic table, fire ring and a vault toilet in the campground. There is a small boat ramp for fishing boats, canoes and kakaks. The lake has native grayling and cuttroat trout.
More like this: first-come in Montana
Season & status
| Season | Mid May |
| Forest | Flathead National Forest |
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Getting there
Located 33 miles from Whitefish. Take Highway 93 northwest out of Whitefish, Montana. Turn onto Farm to Market Road. Turn off Farm to Market Road onto Star Meadows Road (Forest Service Road 539). Take this road to Forest Service Road 113 that turns into FS Rd #538B go 3.5 miles look for the campground site sign.
| Coordinates | 48.3448° N, 114.8182° W · Directions ↗ |
Supplies & services
| Outdoor gear | Sportsman & Ski Haus ↗ | 22.5 mi |
| RV sales & service | Bish's RV ↗ | 27.6 mi |
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Trails nearby
- 1.2 miGriffin Creek3.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
- 2.7 miElk Mtn ↗2.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more · national_recreation_or_other
- 2.9 miIngalls - Mt. Conner ↗10.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
- 3.1 miFlathead/Kootenai Divide ↗8.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 3.7 miSanders Mtn2.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile
- 4.4 miSanders Mtn ↗7.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile
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
This campground sits inside Kootenai National Forest.
- inKootenai National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,622,202 acres
- 9.9 miLost Trail National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge · Fish and Wildlife Service · 8,907 acres
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.
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Reference
Questions people ask
Do I need a reservation at Sylvia Lake Campground?
No. Sylvia Lake Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
Source: Forest Service
What if Sylvia Lake Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Tally Lake Campground (11.7 mi, partly first-come), Ashley Lake South Campground (14.7 mi, first-come), and Mcgregor Lake Campground (22 mi, partly first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby