USDA Forest Service · Montana
Tobacco River Campground
USDA Forest Service · Montana, United States
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- No
- Elevation
- 2,448 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T weak · Verizon weak (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- HOODOO C (NFSR 7277C) · native material · high clearance vehicles
- Lake
- Kootenai National Forest
- Address
- MT
- Activities
- <p> <span lang="EN">Lake Koocanusa is a 90 mile long reservoir held back by the 422' tall Libby Dam. Lake Koocanusa was completed in 1972 as a joint project between the United States and Canada . Alice Beers, from Rexford, Montana, combined the first three letters from KOOtenai River, and the first three letters of CANada and USA. </span></p> <p> <span lang="EN">Lake Koocanusa is home to a variety of fish species. Sport fish include rainbow trout, west slope cutthroat trout, rainblow trout, bull trout, brook trout, kokanee salmon (blueback), burbot (ling), whitefish, large scale sucker, long nose sucker, northern pike minnow, peamouth, redside shiner, yellow perch and Kamloops (a strain of rainbow trout). The lake has a maximum depth of 370 feet and an average depth of 127 feet.</span></p> <p> <span lang="EN">The surface area of the lake is 28,723 acres and the shoreline is 127.96 miles long. </span></p> <p> <span lang="EN">Visit </span><a href="javascript:void(0)/*175*/"><u><font color="#0000, Camping
About
The Tobacco River Campground is located approximately 5 miles west of Eureka off Pidgeon Bridge Road 7277. The campground has 6 sites, tables and fire rings. The access road is able to accomodate up to a 20' rv. Access and campground roads are gravel. Amenities include a vault toilet and an undeveloped boat ramp for small packable boats.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 21° | -31° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 34° | 18° | -20° | 47° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 43° | 30° | -6° | 63° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 49° | 36° | 15° | 74° | 5 of 11 |
| May | 63° | 44° | 33° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 72° | 52° | 38° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 86° | 63° | 50° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 86° | 62° | 49° | 99° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 72° | 54° | 40° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 54° | 39° | 28° | 72° | 3 of 10 |
| November | 39° | 31° | 1° | 56° | 8 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 27° | -5° | 44° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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