Eureka Basin

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Status:	Seasonal Closure
Typically Open:	07/01 - 03/31
Length:	5.42 miles
Highest Elevation:	8346 feet
Duration:	About 30 minutes
Shape of Trail:	Straight Through
Best Direction to Travel:	N/A
Nearest Town:	Alder
Nearest Town w/ Services:	Ennis
Official Road Name:	347
Management Agency:	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
District:	Ennis Field Office

Highlights

Just north of the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in the Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest, Eureka Basin Trail is the most commonly used trail to access the Gravelly Range from the south. It begins low in the sage-covered grassy rolling hills and climbs for nearly the entire trail to 8346 feet, providing beautiful views before connecting with Gravelly Range Trail. Once on top of the Gravelly Mountain Range, one travels in the sub-alpine grasslands with wildflowers that present fields of different colors seemingly around each bend. Everyone is sure to enjoy the breathtaking views and clean mountain air, and hopefully some wildlife sightings!

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Waypoints

1. 347 Eureka Basin Trailhead (0 mi)

Eureka Basin Trail starts at the intersection with FS100 Centennial Divide Road, 13 miles north of the North Valley Road intersection. Head east up the mountain from here.

Directions to Trailhead

Starting Point: Monida, MT

From Monida, head west on S Valley Road for 11 miles and turn left on Stibal Ln. Continue on Stibal Ln for 11 miles (NOTE Stibal Ln becomes N Valley Road in 3.2 miles) and turn left on Centennial Divide Rd. Head north on Centennial Divide Rd for 13 miles to the trailhead.

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Cory W

Mapping Crew - Arizona and Montana

Cory grew up traveling the logging roads outside Durango, CO with his dad for his woodcutting business and fell in love with everything about the outdoors. He's moved around a lot since then, from several rural areas of Southern California to Montana, Wyoming to Arizona, even living on a commercial gold mine in Nevada in for several years. In all these areas he has explored several thousand miles of old dirt roads and trails, as well as many old mines and ghost towns. Located in the Mohave Desert of AZ in the winter and the Madison River Valley of MT in the summer.

Alder, Montana (Madison County)