Free camping near Bull Lake, MT
Yes. 201 of the 215 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Bull Lake, MT are listed as free; 5 charge a fee and 9 have no price on record. The closest free one is Rd 1118A Site 2, 4.7 miles south, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Bad Medicine Campground, 0.6 miles south, with no price on record.
The circle crosses a state line: ID and MT.
The 50 nearest camps to Bull Lake, MT
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Medicine Campground | 0.6 | Unpriced | Noggle Creek (stream) | 12 mi to Heron | — |
| Dorr Skeels Campground | 2.7 | Fee | Stanley Creek (stream) | 14 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 1118A Site 2 | 4.7 | Free | Bull River (river) | 8.2 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd 604 Camp 1 | 5.2 | Free | Spar Lake (water) | 13 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 1118A Site 1 | 5.3 | Free | Bull River (river) | 7.6 mi to Heron | — |
| Spar Lake Campground | 5.4 | Unpriced | Hiatt Creek (stream) | 13 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #39 | 5.4 | Free | Bull River (river) | 7.6 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd4640 Camp 1 | 5.5 | Free | Whoopee Creek (stream) | 12 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Spar Peak | 5.9 | Free | North Fork Ross Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Ross Creek - Main | 6.8 | Free | South Fork Ross Creek (stream) | 8.8 mi to Heron | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #609 | 6.9 | Free | — | 11 mi to Noxon | — |
| Little Spar Lake | 7.4 | Free | Little Spar Lake (water) | 9.0 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Spruce Lakes | 7.6 | Free | Spruce Lake (water) | 12 mi to Troy | — |
| Keeler Creek | 8.3 | Free | Keeler Creek (river) | 9.0 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 407 Site 2 | 8.7 | Free | Bull River (river) | 8.9 mi to Noxon | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #272 | 8.8 | Free | Bull River (river) | 7.8 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 2278 Site 3 | 8.8 | Free | — | 8.8 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 2278 Site 1 | 8.9 | Free | Bull River (river) | 8.0 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 407 Site 5 | 9.3 | Free | — | 9.5 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 5 | 9.5 | Free | Cheer Creek (stream) | 9.7 mi to Troy | — |
| Tr1036 Camp 3 | 9.9 | Free | Bull River (river) | 6.2 mi to Heron | — |
| Tr1036 Camp 2 | 9.9 | Free | Bull River (river) | 6.6 mi to Noxon | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #104 | 10.0 | Free | — | 4.0 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 6 | 10.0 | Free | Halverson Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 407 Site 1 | 10 | Free | — | 9.5 mi to Noxon | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #427 | 11 | Free | — | 2.9 mi to Heron | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #322 | 11 | Free | Leigh Creek (stream) | 9.0 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| Rd 4784 Site 3 | 11 | Free | Cable Creek (stream) | 13 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| Taylor Peak | 11 | Free | Swanson Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Troy | — |
| Rd 2745 Site 2 | 12 | Free | — | 4.3 mi to Heron | — |
| Rd 2745 Site 1 | 12 | Free | — | 4.5 mi to Heron | — |
| Big Eddy Campground | 12 | Unpriced | — | 1.6 mi to Heron | — |
| Lower Lightning 10 | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Lower Lightning 08 | 12 | Free | Savage Creek (stream) | 6.8 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Low Lightning 09A | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 8 Summit | 12 | Free | Cliff Creek (stream) | 11 mi to East Hope | — |
| Low Lightning 06 | 12 | Free | Savage Creek (stream) | 6.5 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — ID #520 | 12 | Free | — | 6.1 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Lower Lightning 07 | 12 | Free | — | 6.4 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Low Lightning 04 | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 6.2 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Morris Creek Trailhead | 12 | Free | — | 5.8 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| Lower Lightning - 02B | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 6.0 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #638 | 12 | Free | Snowshoe Creek (stream) | 9.6 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| Rd 473 Camp 7 | 12 | Free | West Fork Keeler Creek (stream) | 12 mi to East Hope | — |
| Lightning -01 | 12 | Free | East Fork Creek (stream) | 5.8 mi to Clark Fork | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #370 | 13 | Free | Bear Creek (stream) | 12 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #319 | 13 | Free | — | 4.8 mi to Noxon | — |
| 278Bearcr5013 | 13 | Free | — | 9.7 mi to Pioneer Junction | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — MT #120 | 13 | Free | — | 4.3 mi to Noxon | — |
| Rd 2741 Site 2 | 13 | Free | Copper Lake (water) | 5.8 mi to Noxon | — |
The other 165 inside the circle are on the live map — open it centred on Bull Lake, MT.
Who manages the camps near Bull Lake, MT
Who manages them: 212 on the Forest Service; 3 on an agency our record does not name.
- Kootenai National Forest — 144 camps: 134 free, 4 fee, 6 unpriced
- Idaho Panhandle National Forests — 70 camps: 67 free, 1 fee, 2 unpriced
- The Forest Service — 1 camp: 1 unpriced
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 215 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Bull Lake, MT
This is the Weather Service forecast for the town, fetched when the page opens. It is not a forecast for any camp in the table; ground higher up or in a canyon can run colder or windier. It needs JavaScript; without it, see weather.gov.
Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Bull Lake, MT, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.