Montana hiking trails - Carlton Lake Trail, Bitterroot Range, Missoula County
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Latitude: 46.68833 Longitude: -114.185
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| | You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while and if you happen to be in Missoula County of Montana, Carlton Lake Trail is a great local trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Carlton Lake Trail is a trail quite far from Missoula but you always have a good time when you're hiking along it. Carlton Lake Trail is a great place to camp, Fort Fizzle Campground is a great place, and if you come at the right time of year, Mill Creek offers some great whitewater. Having a great time in the Bitterroot Range is uncomplicated. Stay |
the night at Square Dance Center and Campground, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Kootenai Creek. This is a really good river. At Carlton Lake Trail you don’t see much rainfall; the wettest month of the year is typically May, that's the one that rains the most while October
| is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Hiking trails like this one are plentyful in the Bitterroot Range, it's a great hiking area. Throughout the warm days of summer here at Carlton Lake Trail, high temperatures frequently reach the 80's. Summer night lows descend down to the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 20's while Carlton Lake Trail nighttime low temperatures through the wintertime are in the 10's. This part of Montana is always a pleasure to visit during hiking season.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Carlton Lake Trail. |
| | Trails Near Carlton Lake Trail:
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Mill Creek Trail, Missoula County
, 3 miles away |
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Sweeney Ridge Trail, Ravalli County
, 3 miles away |
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BLue Mountain Nature Trail NRT, Missoula County
, 9 miles away |
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Blue Mountain Equestrian and Hiking Trail, Missoula County
, 9 miles away |
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Saint Mary Peak Trail, Ravalli County
, 9 miles away |
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Sally Ridge Trail, Missoula County
, 17 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Carlton Lake Trail:
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Kootenai Creek, Ravali County
County
, 9 miles away, Class IV - 1 miles long (trailside) |
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Mill Creek, Missoula County
County
, 17 miles away, Class V - 2 miles long (along Mill Creek Road into Frenchtown) |
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Brushy Fork, Idaho County
County
, 24 miles away, Class IV-V+ - 13 miles long (Off Elk Meadows Road to Crooked Creek) |
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White Sand Creek, Idaho County
County
, 25 miles away, Class IV-V - 4 miles long (Big Flat Creek to Colt Creek Campground) |
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Big Sand Creek, Idaho County
County
, 29 miles away, Class V - 4 miles long (Swamp Creek Trail to White Sand Creek) |
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| | Hotels Near Carlton Lake Trail:
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Days Inn, Lolo
, 7 miles away |
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Lolo-Days Inn Missoula South/Blue Mountain, Lolo
, 8 miles away |
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Arrow Inn & RV Park, Stevensville
, 12 miles away |
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Super 8 Motel - Missoula/Brooks Street, Missoula
, 12 miles away |
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Quality Inn & Conference Center, Missoula
, 12 miles away |
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