Kootenai River Campground
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Spruce Lake
Montana
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
20.4 mi
Distance
1,008 ft
Gain
7h 17m
Time
No verdict for this trail
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What we do know
Inside Kootenai National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
Out & back
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Spruce Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 20.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,008 ft
- Highest point
- 4,631 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,340 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Horses
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
Source for bikes, horses, surface: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Spruce Lake is a 20.35-mile out-and-back trail in Montana managed by the Forest Service. The route gains 1,008 feet of elevation.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 4,631 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 20 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Three Rivers Ranger District · Ranger district
- Kootenai National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Three Rivers Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Spar Lake Road #384 Road Closed to Motorized Vehicles
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Ross Creek Cedars Road Closure & Storm Damage Update
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Spruce Lake SpurHiking0.6 mi
- Spar Lake CampgroundCamping2.6 mi
- Thunder CreekHiking3.6 mi
- Spar PeakHiking4.1 mi
- Bull Lake AreaLake fishing5.9 mi
- #423 Grouse LakeLake fishing5.9 mi
- Dorr Skeels CampgroundCamping6.6 mi
- Lake CreekCanoeing7.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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