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Basham Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. Around Basham Lake you don’t get a lot of rainfall; June is when you get the most rain here, and February is the month with the least moisture. And if you're still looking for more outdoors entertaining stuff just keep reading. There's perfect hiking along the Alpine Trail; whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then, we recommend Flathead River - Middle Fork. There's
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| | so much to do here at Basham Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Rv Timbers Park is a fine location for that, and if you want to play some golf, you're in luck because Eagle Bend Golf Club is close by.
This lake is so wonderful. The Doris Creek Trail offers hiking at its best; lots of folks from Kalispell come here. The warmest time of the year at Basham Lake arrives with high temperatures in the 70's. Once the sun is down it sinks down to the | |
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40's. Daytime highs throughout the winter are in the 20's while Basham Lake overnight low temperatures through the wintertime are in the 10's. Big Fork Timbers Motel is a great site to get some rest, and a lake nearby is Abbot Lake.
On a wonderful day you can take a look at Long Beach next to Basham Lake, and popping by Glacier National Park is just something you need to do if you haven't yet. If you need a place to stay Mc Cabe's Mountain Inn is a delightful
choice; why not take a refreshing hike along the Jimmie Ridge Trail. This lake is so wonderful. If you come at the right time of year, Swan River offers some good whitewater, and why not visit Blackies Bay also while you're here.
You'll need more than a day to discover everything Basham Lake has to offer, you can camp at Bigfork Campground.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 48.13056
Longitude: -114.0775
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Swan River, Lake CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Class III-IV - 1.25 miles long (Bigfork Dam to Flathead River) |
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