PRIEST LAKE HIKING TRAILS

Great Hiking Adventures at Priest Lake

Priest lake creates a hiker’s paradise where one can very easily escape to the solitude and beauty of mother nature. Each trail has its own unique characteristics that vary from deep, virgin cedar forests, to panoramic vistas of the selkirk mountains and the lake, to shoreline excursions that afford easy access to magnificent sandy beaches.

The Priest Lake Ranger District maintains a hiking trail system on the federal lands to the west, northwest, and along the west shorelines of both Priest Lake and Upper Priest Lake. The trails are well marked and free from most obstacles. A Priest Lake trails booklet is available free of charge at the Priest Lake Ranger District office.

The Priest Lake Area Office of the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) manages the state-owned lands to the east of Priest Lake. These state lands are managed exclusively as endowment lands to support the Idaho public school system. The trails on endowment lands are not maintained and travel may include negotiating downfalls and brush as well as using route finding skills. High clearance or 4X4 vehicles are recommended for accessing trailheads. The local area office produced informal hiking maps that are available to the public

HIKING TRAILS