Bowman Lake Campground
- 48
- sites
- $15/night
- per night
- May 15 - September 30
- season
- May–Sep
- best months
Is Bowman Lake Campground open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Glacier National Park. It doesn't name Bowman Lake Campground, so check the source for the area it covers.
Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Park closure covering Glacier National Park · NPS · Glacier National Park
As of · Source: NPS · Glacier National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- 48 sitesFirst come, first served
- At 4,030 ft
- Glacier National Park
Bowman Lake Campground is a National Park Service campground inside Glacier National Park in Montana, about 6 miles from the town of Polebridge. The park manages the land, and the site is a base for exploring the trails and waterways of this corner of the park. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Polebridge show July and August highs around 81 to 82°F with lows near 40°F, while winter highs stay around 31°F. That station sits about 500 feet lower than the campground, so temperatures here run a little cooler. Several trails start close by. Quartz Lake Loop is under a mile away, and Numa Ridge Lookout Trail and Akokala Lake Trail are each about a mile off. Paddlers can head to Bowman Creek, roughly 2.8 miles away.
Local outfitters
- North American RV Park & Yurt Village28 mi away
- Mountain Meadow RV Park & Cabins31 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Quartz Lake LoopHikingPhoto: lamblukas, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)0.8 mi
Numa Ridge Lookout TrailHikingPhoto: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)0.9 mi- Akokala Lake TrailHikingPhoto: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)1 mi
- Bowman CreekCanoeing2.8 mi
- Quartz CreekCanoeing3.4 mi
- Ben Rover CabinCamping5.8 mi
Schnaus CabinCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain7.7 mi- Ford CabinCamping9.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Schnaus CabinCamping · ~13 min drive
- Wurtz CabinHut camping · ~18 min drive
- Bowman LakeCamping · ~2 min drive
- Hornet Lookout CabinHut camping · ~27 min drive
- Lower Quartz LakeCamping · ~4 min drive
- Quartz LakeCamping · ~4 min drive
- Akokala Lake CampCamping · ~6 min drive
- Ben Rover CabinCamping · ~10 min drive
- Head Bowman Lake CampCamping · ~10 min drive
- Foot Logging LakeCamping · ~11 min drive
Best time to visit Bowman Lake Campground
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
31° / 10°
Feb
35° / 8°
Mar
44° / 16°
Apr
54° / 24°
May
63° / 32°
Jun
70° / 39°
Jul
81° / 40°
Aug
82° / 38°
Sep
70° / 32°
Oct
54° / 26°
Nov
39° / 19°
Dec
31° / 10°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Polebridge, MT, 6.3 mi away at 3,520 ft. The station sits about 500 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
