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Bitterroot National Forest comprises 1.587 million acres (6,423 km 2) in west-central Montana and eastern Idaho of the United States. It is located primarily in Ravalli County, Montana (70.26% of the forest), but also has acreage in Idaho County, Idaho (29.24%), and Missoula County, Montana (0.49%).
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
It is one of more than two dozen scenic canyons deeply carved into the eastern flanks of the Bitterroot Range in Bitterroot National Forest. Starting from a group of peaks at over 8,500 feet (2,600 m) along the Idaho/Montana border, the canyon steeply drops to Blodgett Lake at 6,800 feet (2,100 m).
Bitterroot Valley, from St. Mary's Peak in the Bitterroot Range. View of northern valley, northeast from El Capitan Peak in the Bitterroot National Forest. The Bitterroot Valley is located in southwestern Montana, along the Bitterroot River between the Bitterroot Range and Sapphire Mountains, in the Northwestern United States.
The Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the states of Idaho and Montana, in the northwestern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²), it is one of the largest designated wilderness areas in the United States (14th overall, but third-largest outside Alaska ).
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MT 200 west – National Bison Range, Thompson Falls: Northern end of MT 200 concurrency 143.254: 230.545: S-212 south – Charlo, Moiese, Dixon: National Bison Range visitor center and HQ in Moiese: Ronan: 148.277: 238.629: S-211 west (Round Butte Road) Connects to Hot Springs via Sloan Road and Little Bitterroot Road: Polson: 160.033: 257.548 ...
It flows within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, the Bitterroot National Forest, and the Nez Perce National Forest of North Central Idaho. [5] The entire length of the Selway was included by the United States Congress in 1968 as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. [6]