Kootenai River Campground
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Blacktail Creek
Montana
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
3.6 mi
Distance
1,063 ft
Gain
1h 44m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Kootenai National Forest
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
Out & back
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Blacktail Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,063 ft
- Highest point
- 3,368 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,208 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Blacktail Creek is a 3.63-mile out-and-back trail in Montana managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 1,063 feet of elevation.
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