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Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
State of Idaho, United States
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By
Kathie Fry
Wetlands Between Dudley Road and the Trail
The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes is a paved multi-use
recreational trail in Northern Idaho that spans more than 70 miles
from the Idaho panhandle horizontally from the west side of
Lake Coeur d'Alene to the Coeur d'Alene Reservation near
the Washington State border.
Trail Length:
73 miles long
Width:
10 feet wide
Surface:
Paved with Asphalt
Route:
Point to Point
County:
Benewah, Kootenai, Soshone
Towns:
Plummer, Harrison, Wallace, Mullan
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The trail follows the Union
Pacific Railroad's right-of-way from Mullan, a mountain mining
town near the Montana border, to Plummer, a town on the prairie
near the Washington border. More than 71 miles of paved path
takes you from high mountain splendor, through the historic
Silver Valley, into the chain lakes region, along the shore
of Lake Coeur d'Alene, over a bridge to Heyburn State Park
(summer 2003) and on to the prairie beyond.
Trail Maps
Maps of 5 Trail Segments
(HarrisonIdaho.com)
Trail Map in PDF Format
(FriendsOfCdaTrails.org)
From the State of Idaho
From Leo Hennessy, Non-Motorized Trails
Coordinator for the State of Idaho Parks and
Recreation Department:
"Idaho State Parks and Recreation just finished paving the
longest continually paved 10 foot wide trail in the US and
maybe the world. It is 73 miles long. 65 miles was paved
last fall the reminder will be paved this month. Attached
please find a brochure. At present there are only a few
persons that know about it. The scenery and wildlife is
world class. I thought it would be an in-line skaters
heaven to have 73 miles smooth uncrowded paved trail.
Contacts
Leo Hennessey
Non-Motorized Trails Coordinator
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho USA 83720-0065
PHONE: 208-334-4180 ext. 228
Articles About the Trail
Mining Waste Trail Turns Recreational
Pete Simowsky Article in the Idaho Statesman
Leo Hennesy Article in FaSST Magazine
Photos of the Trail
Description of the Trail in Photos
Gordon Savatski Photos
State of Idaho Photos (bottom of the page)
Web Sites About the Trail
IdahoParks.org - Trail Description (PDF)
NorthIdahoTrails.net - Trail Description
Friends of the Trail of the Coeur d' Alenes
Wallace-Id.com - Trail Description
HarrisonIdaho.com - Trail Description
Silver-Valley.com - Trail Descriptioin
Visitor's Guide to the Area
Regional Travel Guides
NorthIdaho.com
North Idaho Tourism Alliance
TourTheInlandNW.com
FyiNorthIdaho.com
Silver-Valley.com
Map of Idaho at SitesAtlas.com
Idaho Books at Amazon.com
Idaho Off the Beaten Path
Roadside History of Idaho
Roadside Geology of Idaho
Moon Handbook Idaho
Insiders' Guide to the Idaho Panhandle
Idaho Atlas and Gazetteer
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