Bull River Pavilion

Cabinet Ranger District 2693 MT Hwy. 200
TROUT CREEK, MT 59874-9503

Overview

Bull River Pavilion offers an excellent view of the Bull River and surrounding forest. It's located right in the thick of a variety of recreational opportunities and provides a large group with the perfect place to picnic in northwestern Montana.

Recreation

The rivers give visitors ample opportunity for fishing, swimming and boating. Large and smallmouth bass, perch, rainbow and brown trout and squawfish can be found in the clear, cool waters. Boating, sailing and water skiing are also popular activities on the reservoir.

Visitors enjoy tours of the Noxon Rapids Dam, which is located less than 10 miles southeast of the pavilion. It is an earthen, gravity-type, hydroelectric dam that has been in operation for more than 50 years.

Facilities

The accessible pavilion can accommodate up to 100 people, has space for up to 5 camping vehicles and approximately 7 single vehicles. A camping unit is defined as a car, truck motor home or bus with a towed boat trailer or car. Remember, do not block traffic in the parking loop to maintain access for emergency vehicles.

Electricity is available within the structure. It is also equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings and grills. Accessible vault toilet and drinking water are provided. A camping vehicle is defined as a car, truck motor home or bus with a towed boat trailer or car.

The adjacent campground offers over a dozen accessible sites for tent and RV camping. A boat ramp, fishing dock and access to the reservoir are available within the campground. All parking surfaces are gravel.

Natural Features

The pavilion is located in a wooded area at the confluence of the Bull River and the Clark Fork River. The rivers empty into 3,200-acre Cabinet Gorge Reservoir, at an elevation of about 2,200 feet. A variety of trees forest the area, including cedar and Douglas fir.

Nearby Attractions

Camp site features

Across 1 camp site:

Picnic table: all 1 sites
Pets allowed: all 1 sites
ADA accessible: all 1 sites
Group sites: all 1 sites
Longest RV: 60 ft
Largest party: 200 people

Directions

From Noxon, travel 6 miles northwest on Highway 200. Bull River Pavilion is located at the back of Bull River Campground.

Stay Limit

Check in from 2 PM, check out by 11 AM.

Reviews

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Hannah D

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Reviewed 2 months ago

The pavilion is nice, it’s great to have a covered area, picnic tables, and charcoal grill area. There doesn’t seem to have been any general upkeep for some time; the pit toilets were the dirtiest I’ve seen in a long time! HUGE cobwebs inside and out, debris on the floor and very smelly even though it wasn’t a hot weekend. Water spigots show at some point there was running water, but for whatever reason the work needed to get that up and going again hasn’t happened.

Marcia M

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Reviewed 4 months ago

We rented the group Pavilion which was a great experience. Sits away from the main campground and overlooks the Bull River. You sit up high, but there are paths directly down to the water. Camp Hosts were wonderfully attentive and friendly. And the bathroom was super clean!! Our group will definitely stay there again.

Richard A

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Reviewed 4 months ago

We witnessed so much wildlife. The pavilion was great and spacious

Brandi J

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Reviewed a year ago

We love the Pavilion with the electricity for our annual church family camp. It would have been nice to have been contacted prior to our dates that there would be no water or bear boxes so that we could have prepared ahead of time. The bathroom was clean and there was plenty of TP, what more can you ask for?

Joe H

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Reviewed 3 years ago

It was 90+ degrees each day we were there, so floating and swimming in the Bull River was a welcome relief. Excellent spot with lots of tent camping in the shade.

Travis M

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Reviewed 4 years ago

Great pavilion! Availability to electricity and water at the pavilion was helpful with food prep. About half of the parking lot floods closest to the river during and after the rain, but the parking area was large enough for our group this time. The camp host was well informed and was helpful when needed. We hope to return as a larger group within the next two years.

Availability

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