Lolo National Forest


Lolo National Forest

Parks Directory of the United States / National ForestsAddress:Fort Missoula Bldg 24
Missoula, MT 59804

Phone:406-329-3750
Fax:406-329-3795
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r1/lolo
Size: 2,100,000 acres.
Location:Western Montana surrounding Missoula. Accessible by I-90; US 83, 200, and 12. Nearby cities/towns include Missoula, Plains, Seeley Lake, and Superior.
Facilities:9 rental cabins and lookouts, 31 campgrounds, picnic sites, trails (2,500+ miles).
Activities:Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, canoeing, rafting, swimming, water skiing, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, wildlife viewing.
Special Features:Remote, high alpine lakes, whitewater streams, heavily forested ridges, and smooth rolling meadows. Areas of interest include the Bitterroot Mountains and the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area; the Lolo National Historic Trail, fourteen miles of origninal historic tread, where you can put your feet in the single-track tread where the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Nez Perce Indians put theirs.

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