Reservoir Road River Boat Launch Below Dam

48.3574° N, 114.0382° W
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A narrated walk-through of this site: the ramp, the gaps, the surfaces, and the hazards, read from the survey.

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Reservoir Road River Boat Launch Below Dam, on the South Fork below Hungry Horse Dam of the Flathead.

The Flathead Rivers Alliance has not published measured survey data for this site yet, so the details that follow come from the site description rather than from field measurements.

Conditions on the Three Forks change quickly. Check the gauge the morning you float.
Today on the South Fork
3,510cfs → holding
191% of the 105-year median for July 30
71° Clear
Wind 1 mph NE Tomorrow
92° 64°
Dam controlled · releases change flow fast USGS 12362500 NR COLUMBIA FALLS · BELOW DAM · Weather Hungry Horse

The site

A South Fork launch on Reservoir Road below Hungry Horse Dam, captured in July 2026. Flows on this stretch are set by dam releases rather than by snowmelt, so the gauge can move fast with no local weather to warn you.

The Flathead Rivers Alliance has not published measured access details for this site yet.

Terrain360 Lens · Grounded 360 v1.3 · schema 2

Access-site lens

18 Terrain360 panoramas

360° sequence evidence

Coverage + route

Assigned coverage
18 panoramas across 1 capture session
Scene roles
Approach (2) · Launch area (3) · Parking (1) · Transition path (12)

Visible conditions

Surfaces by scene
Dirt path (1) · Gravel lot (2) · Gravel path (13) · Natural (2)
Safety classification
Caution (1) · No visible hazard (17)

Setting + use

Crowding by scene
Light (3) · None visible (15)
Naturalness by scene
High (18)

Sequence evidence summarizes only the assigned panoramas and is not a complete site inventory. This site has no corresponding FRA assessment sheet in this export; do not treat scene classifications as field measurements or as evidence of site-wide absence.

Photos

Another view of the access at Reservoir Road River Boat Launch Below Dam on the South Fork.

Field photography Terrain360, July 2026 · site photos courtesy Flathead Rivers Alliance

Getting there

From US Highway 2 in Hungry Horse, follow the signs for Hungry Horse Dam south onto Hungry Horse Dam Road. The visitor center at the north end of the dam is about 4.5 miles in; this launch sits on the South Fork below the dam, on the way there.

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Measured access FRA field survey

This site has not been engineering-surveyed yet. FRA adds measurements as staff and volunteers complete them.

Parking + facilities Facilities not recorded
South Fork · where this site sits River flows this way →
Elevation profile of the South Fork: 3,577 feet at river mile 39 near the confluence rising to 4,706 feet at river mile 97.6, a drop of 1,129 feet over 58.6 miles, averaging 19.3 feet per mile.
4,706 ft RM 97.6 1,129 ft of drop · 19.3 ft per mile average 3,577 ft confluence

Elevation sampled from USGS 10m along the Wild & Scenic centerline. Hover or focus a site to see the panorama closest to the water.

Upstream WILD · BOB MARSHALL COMPLEX Downstream Confluence

The Three Forks flow through the homelands of the Séliš, Ql̓ispé, and Ktunaxa peoples, frequented by the Amskapi Piikani. About the homelands