Black bear hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)

District 122

Montana hunting district 122 (Black bear), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 716 sq mi in Sanders, Flathead counties; 54% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Lolo National Forest); median elevation 4,298 ft.

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FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.

Area716 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP54%

Median elevation4,298 ft

Elevation range2,379–7,041 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	45.7%
Montana state trust land	7.9%
Montana FWP	0.2%
City & county	0.1%

Area of Montana State Library 'Montana Public Lands' polygons (derived from the Montana Cadastral Framework, Department of Revenue ownership records) intersected with the FWP district boundary, measured in NAD83(2011) Montana State Plane (EPSG:6514). Ownership is not access: some public land is closed to hunting or has no legal access.

Landscape

Counties: Sanders, Flathead counties
National forests: Lolo National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Full Curl, Bighorn Viewing Site
Mountain ranges (GNIS): —
Highest named summits: Baldy Mountain (≈7,418 ft), Thompson Peak (≈7,385 ft), Snowstorm Mountain (≈6,962 ft), Little Thompson Peak (≈6,923 ft)
Passes and gaps: None named in GNIS
Towns and places: Bend, Blanchards Corner, Eddy, Knowles, Paradise, Plains, Weeksville

Elevations sampled on a regular grid inside the district from AWS Terrain Tiles (Terrarium, zoom 10, ~105 m pixels; compiled from USGS 3DEP and SRTM). Approximate: summits read lower than their surveyed height.

Neighboring districts

HD 123 82% public · 4,291 ft median
HD 121 82% public · 4,094 ft median
HD 104 77% public · 4,052 ft median
HD 120 26% public · 4,196 ft median
HD 200 87% public · 4,695 ft median
HD 103 50% public · 4,160 ft median

Sources

District boundary: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks hunting district layer.
Public land: Montana State Library, Montana Public Lands (published 2026-10-06).
Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates, retrieved 2026-10-30.
Places: USGS Geographic Names Information System. Wilderness and forests: USDA Forest Service.
Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM).

Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.