U.S. Forest Service · Kootenai National Forest · Montana

Triangle Pond

Triangle Pond is located along the Noxon Reservoir and road 2229. This location is a day use site only. Amenities include vault toilets, picnic tables and fire rings, swimming area and beach. There is an undeveloped boat launch nearby.

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Triangle Pond
Photo from the area. Dawn StClair (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents
Fees$0.00 Pack in/Pack out

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

ForestKootenai National Forest
Fees$0.00 Pack in/Pack out

Kootenai National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Triangle Pond20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 4.51 inches of precipitation, 26.5 inches of snowFebruary: 2.92 inches of precipitation, 12.3 inches of snowMarch: 3.26 inches of precipitation, 10.9 inches of snowApril: 2.72 inches of precipitation, 1.3 inches of snowMay: 2.76 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowJune: 2.99 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 1.12 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 0.89 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 1.62 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 3.11 inches of precipitation, 0.7 inches of snowNovember: 4.14 inches of precipitation, 7.9 inches of snowDecember: 4.19 inches of precipitation, 24.6 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 28.0°F averageFebruary: 30.5°F averageMarch: 36.7°F averageApril: 44.0°F averageMay: 52.9°F averageJune: 58.6°F averageJuly: 64.5°F averageAugust: 63.8°F averageSeptember: 55.5°F averageOctober: 44.1°F averageNovember: 34.7°F averageDecember: 27.7°F average0 in10 in20 in30 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Heron 2 NW, 8 miles from the campground at 2,240 feet, station USC00244084 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 34 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 84 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates48.0203° N, 115.8408° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    D7 Rx Misc Pile Burn

    13 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    D6 Rx Misc Pile Burn

    13 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    D4 Border Raid - Rx

    35 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Rx D5 2 Short #18

    35 mi from the campground · 16 acres

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

RV sales & serviceEverything RV ↗29 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗34.4 mi
Outdoor gearNorth 40 ↗38.1 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Explore

  • 0.9 mi
    Bull River Campground Fishing
    0.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 1.6 mi
    Smeads Bench
    4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 1.8 mi
    Loveland Peak
    4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, ATV and 2 more
  • 3.5 mi
    Blacktail Creek
    1.8 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 4.2 mi
    Rice Draw
    3.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, snowmobile
  • 4.4 mi
    Skeleton Creek
    2.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more

Trailheads within three miles

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Kootenai National Forest, which overlaps Idaho Panhandle National Forests.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Guidebooks for Montana

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  • Best Tent Camping: Montana
    Vicky Soderberg and Ken Soderberg, 2017
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  • Moon Montana, Wyoming and Idaho Camping
    Becky Lomax, 2015
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  • Camping Montana
    Kenneth L. Graham, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Triangle Pond?

No. Triangle Pond is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Triangle Pond?

$0.00 Pack in/Pack out

Source: Forest Service

Can I bring an RV to Triangle Pond?

Triangle Pond is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Triangle Pond is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Bull River Campground and Group Site (0.7 mi, partly first-come), Big Eddy Campground (5 mi, first-come), and Bad Medicine Campground (9.4 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby