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PLEASE NOTE: We are in the process of updating the links to the forest web pages. Please check with the local forest for the most up-to-date status of each recreational area. Your national forests and grasslands are 193 million acres of vast, scenic beauty waiting for you to discover. Over 3 million acres of land located in 22 National Recreation Areas managed by the Forest Service is preserved for recreational activities like hiking, boating, fishing and swimming, while highlighting natural, cultural and scenic resources. Visitors who choose to recreate on these public lands find 164,000 miles of trails, over 30,000 recreation sites, over 5,000 miles of streams and 3 million acres of lakes, 127 alpine ski areas, 338,000 heritage sites, and specially designated sites that include 37 million acres of designated wilderness areas, 130 wild and scenic rivers, 15 monuments, and one preserve. And remember, “It’s All Yours.” Displaying 14761 - 14790 of 17629

Squib Trailhead

This is a rustic trailhead with few amenities.  There is a multi-vehicle parking area with an information board.  There are two hardened sites at the trailhead.

Squibb Creek Falls and Pete's Branch Falls Hikes

To help visitors plan their adventure and enjoy this featured day hike, Johnny Molloy, Outdoor Writer & Board Member of Partners of the Cherokee National Forest, has provided an excerpt from his book, Five Star Trails: Tri-Cities, Squibb Creek Falls Hike. Squibb Creek Falls: Get your feet wet on this 4-mile (round trip) trail on…

Squilchuck Trailhead

This trailhead provides access to the Squilchuck Trail #1200.

Squirrel Meadows Guard Station

Squirrel Meadows Guard Station is located 24 miles east of Ashton, Idaho, within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest’s Ashton/Island Park Ranger District. Situated at an elevation of 6,500 feet on the Yellowstone Plateau in southwest Wyoming, it is accessible via the Ashton-Flagg Ranch Road (Forest Road 261), with the final 10 miles on gravel roads drivable by vehicle from mid-May to mid-November, or by snowmobile…

Squirrel Springs Day Use Area Picnic Site

Squirrel Springs Day Use Area Picnic Site

Sru Lake Campground

Campsites are located in a mountain lake setting.  This site is also close to the Coquille River Falls Research Natural Area.  Facilities 6 campsites with picnic tables, and fire pits Fishing platform No drinking water Vault toilet No garbage disposal - Please pack it out

St Ignace District Native Plant Gardens

At the St. Ignace Ranger District Office, visitors will find a small native plants garden in the parking lot area.  These native plants provide forage for bees and other pollinators:  Coreopsis Black-eyed susan Milkweed Sumac Bee balm  Compass flower 

St Ignace Guided Auto Tour

This self-guided tour will allow you to go back in time and/or memory to days of the "Great Depression," when folks were hungry and jobs were few. Young men looked to the newly created Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as an opportunity to earn money to help feed their families. In creating the CCC, President Franklin D. Roosevelt saw it as a way to put such men to work and, at the same time, revitalize the country'…

St. Charles Campground

St. Charles Campground is a developed campground within the Lake Isabel Recreation Area. Lake Isabel offers opportunities for nonmotorized boating and fishing. St. Charles Creek is close to the campground and is open for fishing. The campground is also close to motorized and nonmotorized trails, including Cisneros Trail #1314, St. Charles Trail #1316 and Snowslide Trail #1318. There is a pleasant hiking trail along…

St. Charles Campground

St. Charles Campground is nestled along the banks of St. Charles Creek in St. Charles Canyon, about six miles west of St. Charles, Idaho. Situated within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest near Bear Lake, this campground rests at an elevation of 6,300 feet, accessible via a paved road off U.S. Highway 89.

St. Clair OHV Permit Zone

Located in the Cave Creek Ranger District about one hour from Phoenix, this 24,500 acre area provides approximately 65 miles of motorized routes. Included in this trail system is the iconic Telegraph Line Trail (MT-42) which is a high-difficulty trail best suited for modified full-size 4WD vehicles with lift, oversize tires and at least one axle locking device. MT-42 is a one-way route accessed from North Lake Road…

St. Francis Scenic Byway

The St. Francis Scenic Byway is located between the cities of Mariana and Helena/West Helena. This scenic byway travels along the crest of Crowley’s Ridge for over 21 miles and is designated as the Great River Road. It passes two lakes, the 625-acre Bear Creek Lake and the 420-acre Storm Creek Lake. Significant landmarks along this road include views of the Mississippi and St. Francis River Valleys. Visitors…

St. Francis Trailhead

Offering loops of three and seven miles, the St. Francis Trail works its way through floodplain forest habitats along the St. Francis Dead River to the ghost town of St. Francis at the south edge of the Alexander Springs Wilderness Area. St. Francis was a thriving river port in the late 1800s as steamboats worked their way from Jacksonville upriver along the St. Johns to Sanford. Here, they'd stop to…

St. Francis Walk-in Turkey Hunting Area

This unique bottomland region located in the Mississippi River Valley is known for magnificent scenery, rough terrain, and good turkey hunting opportunities. Walk-in turkey hunting areas are the result of hunters requesting opportunities to hunt on public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service in a place free of disturbance from motor vehicles. The forest has predominantly large, mature bottomland hardwood with…

St. Hubert Angler Parking

The White River  has a gravel bottom and brown trout, salmon and steelhead abound. The area around the site is densely forested and very populated with wildlife. The access trail is a short .25 mile walk to the river, with another short trail along the river that provides access…

St. Ignace Ranger District

The St. Ignace Ranger District is located on the lower half of the east side of the Forest (southeastern portion of the Upper Peninsula). 

St. Joe River Area

The St. Joe River area of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests includes most of what was originally established as the St. Joe National Forest and is now our St. Joe Ranger District. This is an area of blue-ribbon cutthroat trout streams, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and extensive roadless and primitive areas. We offer miles of trails for hikers, backcountry horse users, mountain bikers, and ATV riders. The St. Joe is…

St. Joe Wild & Scenic River

The "Shadowy" St. Joe River flows down the western slopes of the Bitterroot Mountain Range from it's headwaters at St. Joe Lake near the Idaho/ Montana state line. The upper portion of the St. Joe River was Congressionally designated as a Wild and Scenic River in 1978; designating the portion of the St. Joe River from North Fork of the St. Joe River to Spruce Tree Campground (39.7 miles) as a Recreational River…

St. Louis Creek Campground

The St. Louis Creek Campground is located next to the St. Louis Creek near the Fraser Experimental Forest. There are 16 non-electric sites that will accommodate tents, trailers and RVs. Each site contains a tent pad, fire grate and picnic table. There are first-come, first-serve sites and reservable sites.

St. Louis Divide Trail (#17)

The trail begins a short way up the Bottle Pass Trail. After forking from the Bottle Pass Trail (#16), the St. Louis Divide Trail follows upper Keyser Creek to just below the creek's head lakes. At this point, the trail begins to climb the ridge towards timberline. After 2.5 miles, the trail meets the junction with the Kinney Creek Trail (#22) above the Lake Evelyn Trail (#15). From the ridge top, excellent views of…

St. Louis Lake Trailhead

The St. Louis Lake Trailhead is an unconventional trailhead. From this trailhead, hikers must travel 3 miles of road before arriving at the single-track trail to the lake. Visitors can bike the first 3 miles and leave them at the bike rack provided. This trail is in the Fraser Experimental Forest.

St. Mary's Trailhead

St. Mary Trailhead has adequate parking for both cars and trailers. It offers access to St. Mary Peak Trail #116, St. Mary Lookout and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Facilities include a vault toilet.

St. Paul Lake Trailhead #646

This popular Cabinet Mountains Wilderness trail leads to St. Paul Lake. The trail follows the East Fork of the Bull River and offers travelers a “rain forest” feel with the abundance of moss and large diameter trees. Elephant Peak (7938’) and St. Paul Peak (7714’) tower over hikers as they approach St. Paul Lake. Two dispersed campsites are located in the lake basin and cutthroat trout can be found in the lake.

Stack Rock Trailhead

The Stack Rock trail is an awesome intermediate-level day hike with lots of shade. Beginning from the trailhead about 13 miles up Bogus Basin Road (look for a gravel pull-out on your left), the Stack Rock trail winds through the beautiful pine trees. The trail leads to Stack Rock, an imposing granite tower with amazing 360 degree views of the Treasure Valley, Horseshoe Bend, and beyond.

Stackhouse Boat Launch

Provides boating access to the French Broad River.  Re-Opened POST HELENE 3/14/2025

Stafford Creek Trailhead

Trailhead for Stafford Creek Trail and access to Navajo Pass and Peak.

Stag Point

One dispersed site at trailhead with fire pit and table only. At Stag Point 5 dispersed units. First come-first served. Pit toilet, fire rings, no water, no garbage services. Pack it in/Pack it Out.

Stag Rock Geocache Site

A cross-country walking route (non-motorized vehicle use permitted) to Stag Rock Vista point and Stag Rock geocache site.  Hikers can explore the interesting landscape south of Ashland, MT just west of Otter Creek Road (Forest Road #484).