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Derr Creek
Idaho
Idaho
Free — you'll pick up right here.
2.8 mi
Distance
4,593 ft
Gain
1h 44m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Idaho Panhandle National Forests
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
Through-trail
Big climb
Out & back
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Derr Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,593 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,593 ft
- Highest point
- 5,288 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,812 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
DERR CREEK is a 5.66-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 4,593 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,288 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,288 ft
- High point
- 5,288 ft
- Total climbing
- 4,593 ft
- Total descent
- 4,593 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 37% grade around mile 0.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 5.7 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
The climb is steady from start to finish.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Sandpoint Ranger District · Ranger district
- Idaho Panhandle National Forests · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Sandpoint Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Beehive Lake Trail #279 Closure
caution · posted Sep 18, 2026
Evans Landing Trail 64 Closure
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- DELYLE CREEKHiking0.2 mi
- MOSQUITO RIDGEHiking0.9 mi
- TWIN CREEKHiking3.4 mi
- GRANITE CREEKHiking4.1 mi
- DELYLE RIDGEHiking4.1 mi
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene RiverCanoeing5.8 mi
- LARCH MOUNTAINHiking6.1 mi
- PACKSADDLE MOUNTAINHiking6.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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