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

Kilbrennan Lake Campground

Kilbrennen Lake Campground is located northwest of Troy on Kilbrennen Lake road 2394. The Campground 7 sites with tables and fire rings. Campground roads and parking spurs are of native soil. Amenities include vault toilets and a boat ramp developed for smaller boats.

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Kilbrennan Lake Campground
Photo from the area. Forest Service - Northern Region (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

Season & status

ForestKootenai National Forest
Fees$10.00 daily fee per single site 50% discount with US Golden Age/Access or Interagency Senior/Access Passes
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 Kilbrennan Lake Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 2.63 inches of precipitationFebruary: 1.85 inches of precipitationMarch: 2.44 inches of precipitationApril: 1.65 inches of precipitationMay: 1.79 inches of precipitationJune: 2.52 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.88 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.71 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.21 inches of precipitationOctober: 2.42 inches of precipitationNovember: 3.50 inches of precipitationDecember: 2.79 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 27.8°F averageFebruary: 31.3°F averageMarch: 38.9°F averageApril: 46.0°F averageMay: 54.9°F averageJune: 61.0°F averageJuly: 68.1°F averageAugust: 66.8°F averageSeptember: 58.3°F averageOctober: 45.6°F averageNovember: 34.9°F averageDecember: 27.9°F average0 in1 in2 in3 in4 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Troy, 8 miles from the campground at 1,929 feet, station USC00248390 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 24 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates48.5964° N, 115.8881° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Wildfire
    Silver

    35 mi from the campground · 2,593 acres · 30% contained

  • Wildfire
    Parker Lake

    39 mi from the campground · 1,531 acres · 1% contained

  • Wildfire
    Upper Smith

    40 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

RV sales & serviceEverything RV ↗20.9 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗34.8 mi
Outdoor gearNorth 40 ↗36 mi

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

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions 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

  • 0.8 mi
    Feeder Creek
    2.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile
  • 2.2 mi
    Arbo Creek/Wee Lake ↗
    5.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile
  • 2.3 mi
    Prospect/Gunsight ↗
    6.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.3 mi
    Dipper
    2.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.5 mi
    Feeder Mountain
    4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile
  • 3.4 mi
    Tepee Mountain ↗
    8.5 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

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.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Guidebooks for Montana

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    Vicky Soderberg and Ken Soderberg, 2017
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Kilbrennan Lake Campground?

No. Kilbrennan Lake 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 Kilbrennan Lake Campground?

$10.00 daily fee per single site 50% discount with US Golden Age/Access or Interagency Senior/Access Passes

Source: Forest Service

What if Kilbrennan Lake Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Yaak Falls Campground (3.3 mi, first-come), Yaak River Campground (4.7 mi), and Loon Lake Campground (9.9 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby