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Owl Creek Packer Campground, Montana
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Description: Primitive campground offers undeveloped camping at a trailhead for the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Trail leads east about 6 miles to the wilderness border, past Upper Holland Lake. At Upper Holland, you have the choice of heading to some wilderness lakes or to an old cabin. This is primarily a stock facility.

Location: From the town of Seely Lake, go 21 miles north on MT-83, and about 3.5 miles east on Forest Road 44 (on south side of Holland Lake).

Address: Swan Lake Ranger District
Flathead National Forest
200 Ranger Station Road
Bigfork, MT  59911
Phone: (406) 837-7500

Season: mid May - mid September

Fee: no

Reservations: NO
Activities
Blue Box indicates availability  White Box indicates unavailability
 Biking  Fishing  Picnicking
 Boating (Motorized)  Hiking/Backpacking  Scenic Driving
 Boating (Non-motorized)  Horseback Riding  
 Boating (WW)  Hunting  Water Sports
 Camping    Wildlife Viewing
 Caving  Off Highway Vehicles  Winter Sports
 Climbing    

Services and Facilities
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 Visitor Center  Group Campgnd  RV Sites
  Exhibits  Campgnd, Primitive  Electric Hookup
 Interpretive Programs  Drinking Water  Dump Station
 Cultural-Historic Sites  Restrooms  Boat Ramp
 Campgnd, Developed  Showers  Marina
 Rental Cabins

Notes: Boat ramp and RV waste station at Holland Lake.

Food & Trash Storage in Grizzly Bear Country

To provide for public safety and protection of the grizzly bear, a threatened species, please adhere to the regulations as summarized below:

  • Human food and beverages, horse feeds, dog food, etc. either in possession or left unattended must be kept unavailable to grizzly bears unless being consumed, prepared for consumption, or transported.
  • Fish and wildlife carcasses must be kept unavailable to grizzly bears and at least 100 yards from any tent or sleeping area, trailhead, or recreation site, unless being eaten, prepared for eating, or transported.
  • Fish and wildlife carcasses must be kept unavailable to grizzly bears except at locations more than 1/2 mile from campsites, trailheads, and recreation areas.
  • When departing the area, all food and refuse is removed from any bear resistant containers left in the area.

Items are considered unavailable if they are:

  • stored in a closed, bear resistant container,
  • enclosed within a vehicle constructed of solid, nonpliable material, or
  • suspended at least 10 feet clear of the ground at all points and 4 feet horizontally from any supporting tree or pole

For more detailed information, contact the local Forest Service Ranger District Office.

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