Campsite for booking · Libby

Howard Lake Campground

via Recreation.gov MT, Libby, Montana, United States

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About this campsite

Howard Lake campground is located south of Libby on road 4779. The campground has 10 sites (3 pull thru's) including one host site with tables and fire rings. Camground roads and parking spurs are gravel. Amentities include vault toilets and swimming beach. There are 2 day use sites with fire rings and picnic tables near the beach area.

The camphost may close the gate to the campground each evening at 10:00 pm and open it again at 7:00 am. The gate closes for the season on December 1st and is opened again when access permits.

Howard Lake and Howard Creek were prospected and named after the Howard brothers, Alfred and Benjamin. These two were among some of the the earliest miners to file and work claims on Upper Libby Creek from 1885 to 1915 when at the age of 80 Benjamin died.

Managed by a US federal agency. Data source: ridb.recreation.gov.

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Where you can stay nearby

Campsites, aires and parking within 30 km, from OpenStreetMap.

  1. Howard Lake Campground
    Campground · Libby, Montana
    10 m from the pick-up area
  2. Lake Creek Campground
    Campground · Libby, Montana
    7.6 km from the pick-up area
  3. North Shore Campground
    Campground · Thompson Falls, Montana
    28 km from the pick-up area
  4. Bad Medicine Campground
    Campground · Libby, Montana
    28 km from the pick-up area
  5. Sylvan Lake Campground
    Campground · Thompson Falls, Montana
    28 km from the pick-up area

Nearest dump station and water

  1. Service point near Kellogg
    RV dump station · Kellogg, IdahoWaste
    77 km from the pick-up area
  2. Water point near Rathdrum
    Water fill station · Rathdrum, Idaho · FreeWater
    119 km from the pick-up area
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    Data: Recreation.gov (RIDB), from ridb.recreation.gov, last updated 13 October 2026. Federal agencies provide this data and are responsible for it; it may be incomplete. Not endorsed by Recreation.gov or the U.S. Government. About this data. Places data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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