National Forests of the Trail

The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest encompasses 2.4 million acres of public lands in northeastern Oregon and western Idaho. Our staff serve the public from offices in Baker City, La Grande, and Joseph, OR; Riggins, ID; and Clarkston, WA.

From the dry, rugged canyons of the Salmon River to the moist cedar forests of the Selway drainage to the rolling uplands of the Palouse, the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests offers something for everyone. This vast, diverse area is managed to provide a variety of goods and services including breathtaking scenery, wilderness, wildlife, fisheries, timber harvest, livestock grazing, mining, pristine water quality and a wide array of recreation opportunities.

In the Rocky Mountains of western Montana lies the 2.3-million-acre Lolo National Forest. With abundant lakes, rugged Wilderness areas, wild rivers, trails, campgrounds, ski areas, and year-round beauty, the Forest is in the heart of one of America’s most recognized and visited western landscapes.

Leave your stress behind!  You will find this 1.6-million-acre forest in southwest Montana and Idaho to be a priceless national heritage.  Half of the Bitterroot National Forest is dedicated to the largest expanse of continuous pristine wilderness in the lower 48 states - the Selway Bitterroot, Frank Church River of No Return, and the Anaconda Pintler.

The forest provides timber, minerals, grazing lands, and breath-taking scenery for a wide variety of recreational pursuits. Whether it's wilderness trekking in the Anaconda-Pintler or Lee Metcalf wildernesses, driving the Gravelly Range Road or Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway, or camping in one of the campgrounds in the forest, the Beaverhead-Deerlodge has it all.

The Custer Gallatin National Forest is a diverse and stunning landscape, 3+ million acres, critical to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and stretching to the remote buttes and pine savannahs of southeastern MT and South Dakota.

The scenic Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest stretches 2.8-million acres through central and north-central Montana. The Forest is comprised of island mountain ranges bisected by the Continental Divide and Missouri River and includes 6 ranger districts.

Covering over 4.3 million acres of east-central Idaho, individuals have the opportunity to enjoy the natural landscapes of the Continental Divide, the vast, 1.3 million acres of the Frank Church-- River of No Return Wilderness, the newly designated Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness, or the free-flowing waters of the the Wild & Scenic Salmon River. The Salmon-Challis National Forest doesn't disappoint!

Discover a world of wild beauty across southeastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and a slice of Utah. Caribou-Targhee National Forest beckons with rugged peaks, alpine trails, and dense woodlands, while the Curlew National Grassland unfolds in rolling sagebrush plains teeming with wildlife.

Named after the Shoshoni people who have called this area of northwestern Wyoming home for thousands of years, the Shoshone National Forest is filled with special places. With more than 1.4 million acres of congressionally designated wilderness, the Shoshone National Forest is an integral part of the 10-million acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.