Montana hiking trails - Lightning Creek Trail, Madison County
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Latitude: 44.99222 Longitude: -111.37778
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| | Finally, hiking time is here again, and if you happen to be in Madison County of Montana, Lightning Creek Trail is a great local trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Hiking in Montana is such a great thing to do. This river is so wonderful. Alp Creek flows through this vicinity, and camping is available at Cabin Creek Campground. During the warm days of summer at Lightning Creek Trail temperatures are mostly in the 80's. Summer overnight lows drop down to the 40's. Daytime highs through the wintertime are in the 30's; nighttime lows in the 10's for Lightning |
Creek Trail. Madison River is a great whitewater spot close to Lightning Creek Trail, and a pleasant tour to Sedge Meadow is a nice way to spend an afternoon. Why not camp at Beaver Creek Campground 2 while you're here at Lightning Creek Trail, and in case you don’t mind getting
| drenched, you can always go whitewater paddling on Madison River. Around Lightning Creek Trail you don’t get a lot of rainfall; June is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest of the months is January.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Lightning Creek Trail. |
| | Trails Near Lightning Creek Trail:
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Cutoff Trail, Madison County
, 1 miles away |
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Wapiti Creek Trail, Gallatin County
, 4 miles away |
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Eldridge Trail, Gallatin County
, 5 miles away |
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Wapiti Ridge Trail, Gallatin County
, 5 miles away |
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Little Wapiti Creek Trail, Gallatin County
, 7 miles away |
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Kirkwood Trail, Gallatin County
, 8 miles away |
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Cabin Creek Divide Trail, Gallatin County
, 10 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Lightning Creek Trail:
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Madison River, Madison County
County
, 7 miles away, Class II-III - 3 miles long (Hebgen Reservoir to Quake Lake) |
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Madison River, Madison County
County
, 9 miles away, Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (Quake Lake to 1 1/2 mile downstream) |
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Gallatin River, Gallatin County
County
, 16 miles away, Class I-II - 20 miles long (Yellowstone National Park to West Fork Gallatin) |
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Gallatin River, Gallatin County
County
, 20 miles away, Class II-III - 11 miles long (West Fork Gallatin to Greek Creek) |
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Gallatin River, Gallatin County
County
, 24 miles away, Class II-IV - 13 miles long (Greek Creek to Spanish Creek) |
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| | Hotels Near Lightning Creek Trail:
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Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort West Yellowstone Conference, West Yellowstone
, 10 miles away |
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Cinnamon Lodge, Gallatin Gateway
, 12 miles away |
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Hebgan Lake Mountain Inn, West Yellowstone
, 13 miles away |
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Best Western Buck's T-4 Lodge, Big Sky
, 13 miles away |
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West Fork Cabins & Rv, Cameron
, 14 miles away |
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