Telephone Creek
Idaho
Free — you'll pick up right here.
11.6 mi
Distance
0 ft
Gain
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Payette National Forest
3 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.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Telephone Creek
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 11.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 0 ft
- Highest point
- 8,088 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,384 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Telephone Creek is an 11.56-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho managed by the Forest Service.
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