Bitterroot National Forest

Recreational Activities

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The Forest offers a variety of recreation sites including more than 35 campgrounds and picnic areas and many water sport and winter play areas. The Bitterroot National Forest offers a "Walk by the Light of the Moon" series of interpretive walks during spring, summer, fall and winter.

Cabin and Lookout Rentals

Get away with family or friends and enjoy an experience from yesteryear. A night spent in a Forest Service fire lookout, or cabin can be a unique, and memorable experience! You can choose from among several properties in the Bitterroot Forest, from lonely fire lookouts perched atop a mountain to quiet cabins nestled deep in the forest. Cabins and Lookouts available through the rental program are rustic and primitive in nature.

Water Activities

The Bitterroot National Forest provides numerous opportunities to enjoy water activities such as boating, rafting, water-skiing and fishing.

Trails - Biking, Hiking and Motorized

Pick from a selection of the forest's most scenic trails and enjoy breathtaking views. Breathtaking scenery is provided by 30 deep, rocky, glaciated canyons breaking the sharp face of the Bitterroot range at regular intervals to the west. Most of this rugged range is wilderness. To the east, the Sapphire range presents a gentler horizon.

Campground and Picnic Areas

Want to kick back and relax under shady pines by a sparkling lake? Looking for a "base camp" for a day of hiking, rock climbing, boating, fishing, or swimming? Want to just get out of the house for the day for a nice picnic in the great outdoors? If so, the Bitterroot National Forest can offer you that and more!

Wilderness

There are over 743,800 acres of wilderness on the Bitterroot National Forest: this includes the Anaconda-Pintler (41,162 acres), Frank Church River of No Return (193,703 acres), and Selway-Bitterroot (508,217acres).