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Highway 12 from Missoula to Kooskia Home /
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Kooskia/Kamiah Note: Get your Idaho Corps of Discovery Passport Stamp at these locations *
*Lowell Ranger Station Lolo Pass Visitor Center – A new center completed last year offers maps and information about the area, historical items and features information of interest about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Great cross country skiing and snowmobiling in the winter. Ancient Indian travel routes from north, south, east and west intersect at this point Travelers Rest The expedition camped here September 9 through 12, 1805 and again June 30 through July 3, 1806. There is an interpretive sign near the junction of highways 93 and 12. Howard Creek Located 18.5 miles west of Lolo on Highway 12. A 0.4 mile loop includes part of the original trail. There are interpretive signs about the expedition and Nez Perce and Salish tribes. Lolo Hot Springs This site is where the Corps camped and bathed on September 13, 1805 and on their return journey June 29, 1806. Glade Creek Camp on Packer Meadows – Close to the visitor center, Lewis and Clark camped here on September 13, 1805 and Clark wrote in his journal, “we fell on a Small Creek from the left which Passed through open glades”. Packer Meadows This site has an interpretive sign and is located one mile east of Lolo Pass Visitor Center on Forest Road 373. De Voto Memorial Cedar Grove Located three miles east of Powell Ranger Station, Bernard DeVoto, the Lewis and Clark journal editor, came here to meditate and write in the 1950's. The site features picnic tables, restrooms and a hiking trail. Powell Ranger Station – 54 miles west of Missoula. Powell. The expedition camped here on September 14, 1805 and Clark’s journal describes the site, “Encamped opposite a Small Island at the mouth of a branch on the right side of the river which is at this place 80 yards wide, Swift and Stoney….” Powell community – Restaurant, gas, small selection of groceries, cabins. Wendover Campground and Whitehouse Pond – 61 miles west of Missoula, water, toilet, RV parking. Clark wrote, “ ….proceeded on Down the right Side of Koos Koos Kee River over Steep Points rockey & bruschey as usial for 4 miles to an old Indian fishing place….” The fishing place mention is within the Wendover Campground. Whitehouse Pond is mentioned in the journal of Private Joseph Whitehouse. White Sands Campground – 52 miles west of Missoula. Six camping spots near small lake, good fishing, RV and camper accessible. Jerry Johnson Hot Springs – Pack bridge crosses the river to a trail leading to the hot springs. Ample parking on the highway side of the river. Colgate Licks National Recreation Trail This site features a rest stop with toilet facilities. There is a National Recreation Trail here for hiking up the mountain for a better view of the terrain and maybe catch a sight of wild game. No camping, toilet only. The Licks are named for George Colgate who died near this place in the fall of 1893. Colgate was the cook for a hunting party that had become trapped by deep snows. Other members of the party survived but Colgate became ill and died and was buried at a site just below the highway toward the river. Nine Mile Rest Area and Nature Trail – Milepost 120 Wilderness Gateway – 49 miles east of Kooskia. 89 fee camping spots. Large maintained camping area and Pavilion. Water, toilets, RV, trailers, easy access. Lochsa Historical Ranger Station - Between Milepost 120 and 125. Items concerning the history of the Forest Service in this area. Built in the 1920's, this site offers the visitors a glimpse of life at a back country Forest Service ranger station. Log buildings are outfitted with period furnishings and volunteers provide a sense of living history. The station is open Labor Day through Memorial Day. Fenn Ranger Station Built in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps, this site is located five miles from Lowell, a community at the confluence of the Lochsa and Selway Rivers. Major Fenn Picnic Area – 32 miles east of Kooskia. Marked nature trail. Picnic tables, toilet, no camping. Glade Creek Campground – Along riverside, limited space. Apgar Campground – 29 miles east of Kooskia. 7 camping spots, difficult access, water, toilets. Lowell – Small tourist community. motels, restaurants, groceries, gas, sporting goods. 70 motel rooms, privately owned. Wild Goose Campground – 20 miles east of Kooskia, six camping sites, large play area, difficult access. Three Devils Picnic area – 19 miles east of Kooskia, water and toilets, swimming popular here. Lodging in Montana Lolo - Bear Den Cabin While Visiting Western Montana come and stay in our vacation cabin right on Lolo Creek and right on the Lewis and Clark Trail-only minutes away from Missoula. Fishing right out the back door. Also the Bitteroot River is just down the road. Elk City/Dixie/Red RiverThere are very few places where one can be so far from civilization and still find public services. Hundreds of miles of groomed trails provide a winter playground of beautiful scenery in three wilderness areas: Gospel Hump Wilderness, Frank Church Wilderness and Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. Other areas of interest are the gold mines of the 1800's. Supplies are available in Elk City for back country travel. Visitors are welcome year round. |
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