Overview
Blue Creek Bay Recreation Site, located within the 736-acre Wallace Forest Conservation Area, is popular for hiking, mountain biking, horse riding, picnicking, fishing and boating. The day-use area provides three picnic sites with tables and grills. An accessible small craft boat launch provides boater and non-motorized craft access to Blue Creek Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene. The trailhead parking area offers access to nearly 5 miles of trails. The BLM acquired this area from the Jack Forest family, descendants of Wallace Forest, in order to provide public access to the lake and to preserve the area's recreational and historical values. The upland forested area consists of ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, grand fir, western larch, western white pine, western redcedar and western hemlock and is home to a variety of wildlife. A large wetland/riparian and wet meadow area extends along the head of Blue Creek Bay filled with black cottonwood, thin-leaf alder, red-osier dogwood, cattails, reed canarygrass, sedges, rushes and bulrushes. A portion of the historic Mullan Road, the first constructed overland wagon route through the Northern Rockies, crosses through the uplands. Completed by hand in 1862, the road connected points east of the Continental Divide to Fort Walla Walla, Washington.
Location
Elevation
2,168 ft
Nearby Trails
Sign in to leave a review.
Trip Reports
0 reports
No cell coverage detected at this location.
Today
60°F
5 mph SW
Wed
65°F
3 mph NW
Thu
71°F
3 mph N
Fri
72°F
3 mph S
Sat
74°F
5 mph NE
Sun
77°F
5 mph NE
Mon
79°F
5 mph NE