If you’re looking for a challenging hike served up with a side of epic views, the Moose Lake Loop trail is for you. At just about 7 miles long, this is the perfect day hike that offers a variety of scenery and terrain.
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Originally built as a manned lookout tower in 1937, the Lunch Peak Lookout is now available to campers and hikers. While it didn’t look available to occupy when we were there, sources online say you can indeed book it for camping through recreation.gov. From the lookout, you can see the Selkirk and Cabinet mountains, Sandpoint, into eastern Washington, Canada, and even over to Glacier National Park on clear days.
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Located at the end of Pack River Rd. Just north of Sandpoint, the Harrison Lake trailhead is easy to find and accessible most of the year.
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One of our favorite stops of our multi-day central Idaho road trip was Goldbug Hot Springs. A beautiful gem tucked away in the high desert mountains just outside of Salmon, Idaho.
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To celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary, Kyle and I decided to road trip through central Idaho. We took a full week to hit up Salmon, Goldbug Hot Springs, Mt. Borah, Sun Valley (Ketchum, specifically), Stanley and Redfish Lake (another post about Redfish Lake, here), Kirkham Hot Springs, and then make our way back home through Boise, McCall, and Moscow.
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The Cougar Bay Nature Preserve is home to over 27 species of birds as well as other wildlife like deer, moose, beaver, and otter. The tall grasses and marshy landscape provide a refuge for waterfowl and great hunting grounds for osprey.
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