Olney, Idaho · Flathead County · Campground
Sylvia Lake Campground has 3 designated campsites. Each site has a picnic table, firering and a vault toilet in the campground. There is a small boat ramp for fishing boats, canoes and kakaks. The lake has native grayling and cuttroat trout.
Sylvia Lake Campground has 3 designated campsites. Each site has a picnic table, firering and a vault toilet in the campground. There is a small boat ramp for fishing boats, canoes and kakaks. The lake has native grayling and cuttroat trout.
Located 33 miles from Whitefish. Take Highway 93 northwest out of Whitefish, Montana. Turn onto Farm to Market Road. Turn off Farm to Market Road onto Star Meadows Road (Forest Service Road 539). Take this road to Forest Service Road 113 that turns into FS Rd #538B go 3.5 miles look for the campground site sign. Signs mark the way to Sylvia Lake at most intersections along the route.
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