Idaho hiking trails - Lightning Creek Trail, Salmon River Mountains, Boise County
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Latitude: 44.21694 Longitude: -115.83944
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| | A visit to Idaho is not complete without some hiking. Hitting the trails is always a fun thing to do and Lightning Creek Trail in Boise County, Idaho is a great place to go. For the duration of the long summer days, highs typically are in the 80's at Lightning Creek Trail with night lows in the 40's. During the wintertime the highs are regularly in the 20's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Lightning Creek Trail. It is very dried up here at Lightning Creek Trail commonly; the month of December is the wettest with most of the snow, and |
the driest month is July. Because Lightning Creek Trail is very far from civilization trails like these are great. Hiking trails like this one are plentyful in the Salmon River Mountains where you can truly take in all the beauty of these mountains. If you come to this
| river you will have a good time for sure. Whitewater paddling is great on Payette River - Middle Fork. This place, the Salmon River Mountains, has so much outdoors fun things. Looking for some flowing water? Try Onion Creek. There's so much to do here at Lightning Creek Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Rattlesnake Campground is a great place for that. Bulldog Creek is a splendid local stream, and Lightning Creek Trail is fine enough to spend more than a day at, Trail Creek Campground is a fine local campground.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Lightning Creek Trail. |
| | Trails Near Lightning Creek Trail:
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Air Line Trail, Boise County
, 3 miles away |
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Onion Valley Trail, Boise County
, 4 miles away |
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Rattlesnake Trail, Valley County
, 5 miles away |
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One Spoon Way, Washington County
, 6 miles away |
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Boiling Springs Driveway, Valley County
, 7 miles away |
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Sixmile Trail, Valley County
, 8 miles away |
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Bear Wallow Trail, Valley County
, 9 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Lightning Creek Trail:
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Payette River - Middle Fork, Valley County
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, 5 miles away, Class IV - 3 miles long (West Fork Bridge to upstream of Trail Creek) |
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Payette River - Middle Fork, -blank- County
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, 5 miles away, Class II(III) - 4.5 miles long (Hardscrabble Campground to Lightning Creek Bridge) |
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Payette River - South Fork, Boise County
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, 8 miles away, Class III+ - 8 miles long (Danskin Station to Alder Creek Bridge) |
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Payette River - South Fork, Boise County
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, 11 miles away, Class IV - 4.5 miles long (Deer Creek turnout to Banks) |
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Payette River - South Fork, Boise County
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, 11 miles away, Class III-IV - 10 miles long (Deadwood River to Danskin Station) |
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| | Hotels Near Lightning Creek Trail:
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Chinden Motor Inn, Garden Valley
, 6 miles away |
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Valley Inn Motel, Garden Valley
, 8 miles away |
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Payette Motel, Garden Valley
, 10 miles away |
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Garden Valley Motel, Garden Valley
, 11 miles away |
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Statehouse Inn, Boise
, 15 miles away |
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