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Granite Creek
Idaho
Idaho
Free — you'll pick up right here.
4.2 mi
Distance
3,009 ft
Gain
1h 42m
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
Out & back
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Granite Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,009 ft
- Elevation loss
- 3,009 ft
- Highest point
- 4,662 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,819 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Granite Creek is an out-and-back trail in Idaho that is 8.42 miles round trip with 3,009 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 4,662 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 4,662 ft
- High point
- 4,662 ft
- Total climbing
- 3,009 ft
- Total descent
- 3,009 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 39% grade around mile 0.9 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 8.4 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes late, so save something for the end.
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
- PACKSADDLE MOUNTAINHiking2.9 mi
- MOSQUITO RIDGEHiking3.9 mi
- DERR CREEKHiking4.1 mi
- DELYLE CREEKHiking4.1 mi
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene RiverCanoeing6.4 mi
- Whiskey Rock BayCamping6.6 mi
- Maiden RockCamping9.7 mi
- Green BayCamping9.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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