Greenough Lake
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.5 mi
Distance
3 ft
Gain
10 min
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 Custer Gallatin 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.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Greenough Lake
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Highest point
- 7,263 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,218 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Horses
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
Source for bikes, horses, surface: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Greenough Lake is a short out-and-back trail in Montana covering 0.47 miles with 3 feet of elevation gain. The trail is managed by the Forest Service.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 7,263 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 0.5 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Beartooth Ranger District · Ranger district
- Custer Gallatin National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Beartooth Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Limber PineCamping0.5 mi
- Lower Parkside TrailHiking0.8 mi
- ParksideLake fishing0.8 mi
- Parkside TrailHiking0.9 mi
- M-K CampgroundCamping1.1 mi
- Headstrong ButtressRock climbing4 mi
- Beartooth PassRock climbing6.1 mi
- Beartooth RDRiver fishing7.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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