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Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 47.45155, -113.60878
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,056 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Holland Lake Campground Bay LoopNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop · Flathead National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- DDump33 mi
- WWater34 mi
- EVEV fast charger42 mi
- OOutfitter43 mi
- AAir-up44 mi
- PPropane59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 42-mi run (and back).
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,056 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
47.45155, -113.60878
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop · Flathead National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureOwl Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCondon · ~7.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~10.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMission Mountains Mercantile · ~10.4 mi
- PharmacySt. Ignatius Tribal Health Pharmacy · ~25.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicRonan Medical Clinic · ~23.8 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~23.4 mi
EV charging — from Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop · Flathead National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger42.1 mi straight-line SW — Missoula, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 23 within 100 · 38 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS42.7 mi — CAMPBELL KIA MTKIA 1 ABB, Missoula
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO44.1 mi — Walmart 3259 (Missoula, MT), Missoula
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)27.7 mi — East Shore Smoke House - Tesla Destination, Polson, MT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Fox Lane Cottage, Polson, 33.6 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only · AFDC lists it “Free with room”
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 102266 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop · Flathead National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomHolland Lake Campground · ~0.5 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHolland Lake Day Use Area · ~0.7 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHolland Lake Group Site · ~0.7 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHolland Gordon Trailhead · ~0.8 mi S · USFS
Open Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop elsewhere
Other camps near Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Holland Lake Campground Larch Loop~0.6 mi
- Holland Lake Group Site~0.7 mi
- Owl Creek Packer Camp~0.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — MT #335~1.7 mi
The unit that manages Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop are set by Flathead National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Kraft Creek at 4,770 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 714 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Holland Lake Campground Bay Loop
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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