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Island Lake

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Fishing access is the main draw at Island Lake, a small Montana lake managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks within the camping areas around Island Lake Fishing Access Site. The site has a single boat ramp, and reviewers note that the parking area near the launch doubles as an informal camping spot rather than a designated campground. Free-range cattle roam the area. Water quality has drawn complaints from past visitors, so campers planning to swim should set expectations accordingly before arriving.

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Map & DirectionsIsland Lake is located in Montana near Blue Springs Lake

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Coordinates

48.23600054 N
114.97500097 W

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Sites accessible by watercraft.

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Drive Time

3 hrs 22 min from Coeur d'Alene, ID
3 hrs 30 min from Missoula, MT
3 hrs 52 min from Spokane, WA
5 hrs 17 min from Lewiston, ID

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Chadlee S.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 10, 2021

Not Ment To Be A Campsite

This area is a small lake with only one boat ramp access and parking area and people are using the boat launch and parking area as a campsite. Island has no designated camping area please don’t camp there. Please take it off this site.

Andrea D.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 23, 2020

Good but not our fave

We camped here and enjoyed being away from everywhere else. There were free range cattle everywhere ... which means a lot of cow pies that the dogs couldn't stay out of. That wasn't really terrible though. The lake itself was rather gross. Probably the dirtiest lake I've ever been to in Montana. It was disappointing because we were camping on a very hot weekend. We wanted to get in the water to cool off, but it was gross so we couldn't bring ourselves to get in.