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Recreational Activities - Trails
Pole
Creek Trail #117 |
Length: 3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Elevation Change: 2240
ft. (683 m)
Trail Beginning: 5760 ft. elevation (1756 m) Junction with the Pole Creek
Road #491
Trail Ending: 8000 ft. elevation (2438 m) Junction with the Sheep Park
Trail #116
Special Features/Attractions & Considerations:
This trail accesses the Beaver Creek and McClellan Creek areas and is
mainly used by hunters. It does offer opportunities for hiking and camping.
This area also lets the visitor see the effects of fire on the landscape.
The burn that affected this area was the Warm Spring fire of 1988. Motorized
travel on the trail is restricted yearlong. All other uses welcome.
Locator: Elkhorn Mountains
Take Highway 287 north of Townsend for 14 miles to the Pole Creek Road
#491. Follow this road for 4 miles to the trailhead.
Quad(s): Townsend
NW, Clancy SE
Helena National Forest Map
For further information contact the Townsend Ranger District
USDA Forest Service - Helena National Forest
Last Modified: Thursday, 17 May 2007 at 16:17:56 EDT