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Lewis and Clark National Forest Hiking Trails

The Lewis and Clark National Forest is comprised of two divisions: the Rocky Mountain Division that includes almost 700,000 acres (380,000 acres is the Bob Marshall-Great Bear-Scapegoat Wilderness Complex) and another 300,000 acres are managed primarily for recreation, wildlife and scenic values and the the Jefferson Division that includes over 1 million acres.

The Forest spans from the Continental Divide to the plains offering wide open meadows and agricultural lands. The Highwoods, Crazies, Little Belts, Castles, and Big and Little Snowies mountain ranges seem to spring up from flatland. The elevation ranges from 4,500 to 9,362 feet at the top of Rocky Mountain Peak in the Rocky Mountains. The Bob Marshall Wilderness is the largest wilderness area in the lower 48 states.

Wildlife in the Forest includes elk, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, grizzly and black bear, mountain lion, bald eagle and gray wolf.

The Forest includes The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center that gives a sense of the challenges the explorers faced and President Thomas Jefferson's drive to expand America westward.

The Forest contains many scenic drives including the Kings Hill National Scenic Byway - U.S. Highway 89 through the Little Belt Mountains.

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The National Landscape Conservation System

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The contact information for the Lewis & Clark national Forest is:
Office Phone #	FS Station	Office Location
406-791-7700	Forest Supervisor's Office	Great Falls, MT
406-236-5511	Belt Creek RD	Belt Creek, MT
406-566-2292	Judith RD	Stanford, MT
406-466-5341	Rocky Mountain RD	Choteau, MT
406-632-4391	Musselshell RD	Harlowton, MT
406-547-3361	White Sulphur Springs RD	White Sulphur, MT
406-562-3247	Augusta Information Station	Augusta, MT

Hiking Trails in the Lewis & Clark National Forest

The following is a list of the hiking trails in the Lewis & Clark National Forest as provided by the USDA Forest Service.

The most popular hiking in the Bob Marshall Wilderness is the Chinese Wall, a 1,000 foot rock formation that goes for 12 miles and is part of the Continental Divide. It can be reached by Trail 202 for 5 miles, then trail 203 for 11, from there, Trail 211 to the south end of the wall.

Another popular hike is to Holland Falls, a 1.5 mile hike that starts at the Holland Lake Lodge

**The Location refers to the coordinates found in the Lewis & Clark Maps that can be ordered from the National Forest Service

Hiking Trails - Rocky Mountain Division

TRAIL NO.	TRAIL NAME	LOCATION **	Access Road	USGS QUAD	Miles (round trip)	Difficulty (1=easy)	Scenery
101	Two Medicine- Mowitch Basin*	T30N, R13W	Hwy. 2	Summit	28.3	1
102	Whiterock	T29N, R12W	9128	Half Dome Crag	4.0	3	X
103	North Fork Badger	T28,29N, R12W		Crescent Cliff	8.0	1	X
104	South Fork Badger	T28N, R12W		Morningstar Mtn	10.5	2
105	South Fork Birch Cr.	T28N, R10W		Swift Reservoir	14.0	2	X
106	Blackleaf	T26N, R9W	145	Volcano Reef	9.6	2	X
107	North Fork Teton	T25N, R9W		Mount Wright	17.3	2	X
108	Route Creek	T25N, R9W	144	Cave Mountain	17.6	2	X
109	East Side Sun River	T21N, R10W		Gates Park	7.7	1
110	North Fork Sun River	T22N, R10,11W		Glenn Cr/ Porphyry Rf	22.0	1
111	Rock Creek	T23N, R10W		Gates Park	14.0	2	X
112	South Fork Dupuyer	T27N, R9W		Volcano Reef	3.0	3	X
114	West Fork Teton	T25N, R10W	144	Mount Wright	6.0	2	X
115	Sun River Cutoff	T25N, R10W		Porphyry Reef	1.0	1
116	Open Fork	T25N, R10W		Porphyry Reef	7.0	1	X
117	Washboard Reef	T25N, R10W		Mount Wright	13.0	3	X
118	Jennings	T30N, R12W		Hyde Creek	6.0	1
119	Half Dome	T29N, R11W		Half Dome Crag	4.0	3
120	Lower Badger	T29N, R11W		Half Dome Crag	10.5	3
121	North Fork Birch	T28N, R10W	146	Swift Reservoir	10.5	2	X
122	Hungry Man	T28N, R10W		Swift Reservoir	6.0	3
123	Middle Fork Birch Creek	T27N, R10W		Swift Reservoir	5.0	1	X
124	North Fork Dupuyer	T27N, R9W		Volcano Reef	5.3	3	X
126	Rierdon Gulch	T24N, R9W	109	Ear Mountain	8.0	3	X
127	Green Gulch	T24N, R9W	109	Our Lake	10.0	2	X
128	Deep Creek - Biggs Creek	T23N, R9W		Castle Reef	15.2	2	X
129	Beartop Lookout	T24N, R10W		Gates Park	5.2	3	X
130	North Fork - Red Shale	T24N, R10W		Gates Park	7.0	1	X
131	Moose Creek	T22N, R11W		Glenn Creek	15.0	1	X
132	Moonlight Peak	T24N, R11W		Gates Park	6.0	2	X
133	Summit Cutoff	T30N, R13W	Hwy 2	Summit	3.0	2
134	Snowmobile Loop	T30N, R13W	8958	Summit	1.0	2
135	North Fork Deep Creek	T23N, R9W		Ear Mountain	1.5	1	X
136	Calf Mountain	T29N, R13W		Summit	2.0	2	X
137	Elk Calf Mountain*	T29N, R11W		Summit	10.5	3
138	Lower Two Medicine	T30N, R12W	Hwy 2	Hyde Creek	5.5	2
139	Hyde Creek	T30N, R12W		Hyde Creek	4.0	2	X
140	Woods Creek	T29N, R12W		Summit	6.5	3	X
141	Lee Creek	T29N, R12W		Crescent Cliff	6.0	2	X
142	Kip Creek	T29N, R12W		Crescent Cliff	3.5	3	X
143	Reservoir Trail	T28N, R10W	146	Fish Lake	4.0	2	X
144	Goat Mountain	T28N, R10W		Crescent Cliff	3.5	2	X
145	Elbow Creek	T28N, R12W		Crescent Cliff	5.7	1	X
146	Blue Lake Spur	T28N, R12W		Morningstar Mtn.	2.0	1	X
147	Muskrat Creek	T28N, R12W		Morningstar Mtn.	7.0	2	X
148	Lonesome Creek	T28N, R11W		Morningstar Mtn.	6.0	2
149	Limestone Creek	T29N, R11W		Morningstar Mtn.	3.0	2
150	Canyon-Phillips Creek	T27N, R9W		Walling Reef	10.0	3	X
151	North Fork Lick Creek	T24N, R11W		Gates Park	7.5	2	X
152	Crazy Creek-Bruce Creek	T26N, R10W		Walling Reef	10.4	2	X
153	Mt. Frazier-Chicken Coulee	T25N, R8W	144	Cave Mountain	16.0	3	X
154	Lonesome Ridge	T25N, R9W	109	Our Lake	3.0	3	X
155	Jones Creek	T25N, R9W	144	Cave Mountain	5.0	1	X
156	West Fork Jones Creek	T25N, R9W		Mount Wright	2.0	1	X
157	Nesbit-Olney Creek	T25N, R10W		Mount Wright	8.5	2	X
158	West Fork Sheep Creek	T27N, R9W		Fish Lake	.5	3	X
160	Mount Wright	T26N, R10W	144	Mount Wright	3.5	3	X
161	Red Shale - Lick Creek	T24N, R11W		Gates Park	7.0	3	X
162	Gates Creek	T24N, R11W		Gates Park	3.5	3
164	Ray Creek	T24N, R10W		Gates Park	5.0	2
165	Headquarters Creek	T24N, R9W	109	Our Lake	11.0	2	X
166	Gates - Moose Creek	T23N, R10W		Gates Park/Glenn Cr.	8.0	1	X
167	South Fork Red Shale	T23N, R11W		Gates Park	3.5	2	X
168	South Fork Teton	T24N, R9W	109	Our Lake	12.0	2	X
169	Sawmill Creek	T29N, R11W		Half Dome Crag	2.5	2	X
170	East Fork Wood Creek	T29N, R12W	9128	Hyde Creek	6.0	3	X
171	Blind Tubby Creek	T27N, R10W		Swift Reservoir	5.0	3	X
172	Mettler Coulee	T29N, R12W		Hyde Creek /Half Dome	11.5	2	X
173	Willow Creek Plateau	T24N, R9W		Ear Mountain	6.5	3	X
175	Wall	T25N, R12W		Three Sisters	17.0	2	X
176	Larch Hill	T23N, R12W		Amphitheatre	2.0	2	X
177	Clary Coulee	T25N, R9W	144	Cave Mountain	6.0	3	X
180	Dog Gun	T30N, R12W		Hyde Creek	2.0	1
181	Mount Pablo	T30N, R12W		Hyde Creek	3.5	2	X
182	Potshot Seedling	T27N, R9W		Walling Reef	4.0	3	X
184	Our Lake	T24N, R9W		Our Lake	4.0	2	X
187	Wrong Ridge	T25N, R10W		Porphyry Reef	1.5	2	X
188	Monroe Cutoff	T25N, R10W		Porphyry Reef	2.0	3	X
189	East Fork Sheep Creek	T27N, R9W	Fsh Lk	Fish Lake	7.5	3	X
190	Scoffin Basin	T27N, R9W		Walling Reef	4.0	2	X
192	Muddy Creek	T27N, R9W		Cave Mountain	3.0	2	X
194	Rock Creek - Moose Creek	T23N, R12W		Amphitheatre Mtn.	4.0	2	X
198	Dryden Creek	T23N, R10W		Gates Park	3.0	1	X
199	Sulphur Creek	T23N, R10W		Glenn Creek	1.7	2	X
201	North Fork Sun River	T21N, R9W		Patrick's Basin	17.5	1	X
202	South Fork Sun River	T22N, R10W	235	Pretty Prairie	26.0	1	X
203	West Fork Sun River	T21N, R10W		Pretty Prairie	18.0	1	X
204	Fairview Creek	T20N, R10W	235	Wood Lake/ Dbl. Falls	11.0	2	X
205	Elk Pass	T18N, R8W	196	Steamboat Mtn.	9.2	2	X
206	Dearborn River	T17N, R8W	577	Caribou Peak	22.0	1	X
207	Blacktail-Landers Fork	T17N, R8W		Caribou Peak	3.2	3	X
208	Arsenic Creek	T22N, R10W		Arsenic Peak	5.0	3	X
209	Ahorn Creek	T21N, R11W		Prairie Reef	9.2	2	X
210	Beaver Creek	T20N, R9W	233	Patrick's Basin	4.8	2	X