South of Bigfork, along the east shore of Flathead Lake are Woods Bay, Yellow Bay and then Blue Bay. Blue Bay is on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The campground and day use area are owned and run by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The entrance and part of the day use area are visible from the 2 lane highway. Every time I’ve passed I’ve said that I should sometime stop and see what all is there.
This morning started at 42F with a forecast for mid-70’s…Karl and my version of “warm enough to spend the afternoon in the cool house”. We headed to Blue Bay early this morning while it was cool.
Beautiful! The camping area is no frills. There are a number of spots to “park” or pitch a tent along the lake. A few places with electric are located on a bluff slightly above. Grass, trees, the lake views and absolute cleanliness of the spots made it appealing despite the fact that the campground was nearly full.
After driving around the camping area, I parked and got Karl out for a bit of exploring of the day use area which includes a beautiful swimming area, boat launch and small marina.
Blue Bay on Flathead Lake.
What an absolutely beautiful area .. I love the shape of the mountains in picture #1.
wow Ann- kudos for stopping and checking it out! That swimming area looks divine and just like my kind of place! Thanks for showing us!
I can see why they named it “Blue Bay” soo pretty, very calming… soo blue.
Love the pic of you and Karl as well as the one on your sidebar.
Thanks for sharing more of your little corner of MT.
…a forecast for mid-70’s…Karl and my version of “warm enough to spend the afternoon in the cool house”.
Amazing, this! I look at your snow pics and cringe at the very thought of that sort of weather (while appreciating the beauty of same, of course) while you, OTOH, wilt in weather that calls for a light jacket (IMHO, and only a mild exaggeration). MOST definitely “different strokes!”
Blue Bay is quite attractive, to say the VERY least.
Pat, Yes, I love how they step up and wrap around the lake.
Janet Ford, It was inviting even though still cool!
Sandy, Very peaceful and that sidebar photo is my all time most favorite photo – I had my little Canon Digital Elph on a tripod and intended to get Karl and I facing the camera, but he was looking away and I looked also and forgot about the camera looking at the mountains. And it was taken my first night back in Montana after my first long trip in the motorhome – one of those special moments to me in so many ways. The photo is included in this post: Headed for Home although it was taken more than 2 years before the post was written.
Buck, Yep, my internal thermostat definitely marches to a different drummer :)!