Tally Lake is situated in the Flathead National Forest and is a favorite spot for Flathead Valley Locals who want to avoid the crowds of Glacier National Park. The lake has camping and a boat launch. Camping can be made by reservation and/or first come first served. The lake itself is the deepest lake in Montana with an average depth of 240 feet and a maximum depth of 495 feet. The lake has no human development on its shores with the exception of the Tally Lake campground making it a great get away. We encountered no other watercraft on our paddle. Fish in the lake include Rainbow trout, Westslope cutthroat trout, brook trout, lake trout, kokanee salmon, Northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and there are occasional mentions of sturgeon in the deep waters. #Montana#stunningnature
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Talley Lake sits in the Flathead National Forest, northwest of Kalispell, Montana,
due west of Whitefish, Montana, and is also very close to the famous Glacier National Park.
There was an extremely calm day predicted on Talley Lake, so we headed up to the Talley Lake
campground and boat launch and launched our kayaks. There's a small fee for the Flathead
National Forest, but we paddled down the west side of the lake, crossed over, paddled back up the
east side of the lake. I think our whole loop ended up being about five or six miles for a
great day in Montana. We just launched our kayaks on Talley Lake in the Flathead National Forest,
north of Kalispell, west of Whitefish, Montana, in Flathead County. Talley Lake is three and a
half miles long. We're going to try to paddle around it. There are some pretty cool rock
formations and cliffs along the way. This is also the deepest lake in Montana. It is July 12th. No,
it is June 12th, 2026.
So,
and right up here is where we launched this morning,
so we circled the lake and we're going to make it back in just a minute or two.
