Big Sand Creek other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–24 °C (54–75 °F)
- J-1°-8°118
- F1°-8°88
- M4°-5°83
- A7°-3°79
- M12°0°92
- J19°5°100
- J24°10°49
- A24°10°48
- S19°5°62
- O11°0°76
- N2°-7°119
- D-3°-10°110
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 10 km · 6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Central Bitteroot Range (Bitterroot Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km W of Pinesdale (Ravalli County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
- Connects to
- Bridge Creek, Swamp Ridge (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.3541, -114.5818
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
More trails in the Central Bitteroot Range
All 235 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreSwamp Ridge
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
Bridge Creek
2.7 mi · 4.3 km · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
Jeanette Lake
3.3 mi · 5.4 km · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
Hidden Lake
3.4 mi · 5.5 km · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
Hidden Peak
3.5 mi · 5.7 km · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
Big Flat Hidden Ridge
3.9 mi · 6.2 km · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
All trails in Idaho → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →