Idaho trails · St. Joe Divide National Recreation Trail
St. Joe Divide National Recreation Trail
A 27.0-mile point-to-point in Idaho, with 1,618 ft of climbing. Reaches Slate Creek Saddle and other pass/summit destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 5,756 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Slate Creek Saddle (pass)
- Moon Peak (summit)
- Gold Hill (summit)
- Moon Pass (pass)
- Placer Peak (summit)
- Silver Hill (summit)
- Bad Tom Mountain (summit)
Getting there
Slate Creek. 47.41533, -115.89374 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:28 a.m., the sun rises at 6:00 a.m. and sets at 7:26 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:57 p.m. (PDT) — 13 h 25 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 27.0-mile route takes roughly 10 h 48 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:49 p.m. — 2 h 37 min before sunset.
Loop options
- North Fork St Joe-Placer + West Gold Hill Ohv + St. Joe Divide National Recreation Trail — 3.6 mi loop, 993 ft gain
- North Fork St Joe-Placer + St. Joe Divide National Recreation Trail + Red Oak — 15.1 mi loop, 3,725 ft gain
- Dot Creek + St. Joe Divide National Recreation Trail + St Joe Divide Spur — 8.6 mi loop, 2,675 ft gain
Across the border
- Continues into MT as St. Joe Divide National Recreation Trail — view on the map