Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

Hike

Sheldon Mountain a

Near Sheldon Mountain
Inside Kootenai National Forest
1,459 ft of climbing

3.1 mi of trails · 1,459 ft climb · 4,405 ft high point · Very hard

In Kootenai National Forest · Montana · U.S. Forest Service

About Elevation Highlights Map Camp near here More hikes

About this hike

Sheldon Mountain A is a very difficult trail network totaling 3.1 miles in Kootenai National Forest near Sheldon Mountain, gaining 1,459 feet.

Elevation

1,459 ft of gain and 522 ft of descent.

Camp near here

The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.

See all on the map

3.5 mi from the trailhead
Timberlane Campground
Campground · Montana
9.4 mi from the trailhead

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

22 mi from you
Mcguire/inch
- Ends at Lake Koocanusa
- Inside Kootenai National Forest
- 5,174 ft of climbing
10.4 mi of trails · 5,174 ft climb · Very hard
Kootenai National Forest · Camp 2 mi away

Elevation along the trail from the start. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Highlights

What the trail reaches, measured from the start.

Sheldon MountainNearby

Map

The route at the trailhead. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 3.1 mi
Shape: Trail network
Gain: 1,459 ft
Descent: 522 ft
High point: 4,405 ft
Low point: 3,010 ft
Difficulty: Very hard
Managed by: U.S. Forest Service
State: Montana
Camps within 15 mi: 4
Trailhead: 48.4416° N · 115.4963° W

Get directions Open the map

McGillivray Campground (MT)

Campground · Montana

13.4 mi from the trailhead

Loon Lake Campground

Campground

12 mi from you

East Branch/lawrence Mountain

Summits Lost Soul Mountain
Inside Kootenai National Forest
1,350 ft of climbing

3.5 mi one way · 1,350 ft climb · Very hard

Kootenai National Forest · Camp 5 mi away

Grambauer

Summits Grambauer Mountain
Inside Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
5,400 ft of climbing

6.8 mi one way · 5,400 ft climb · Very hard

Cabinet Mountains Wilderness · Camp 11 mi away

Giebler/lost Soul Divide

Ends at Lake Koocanusa
Inside Kootenai National Forest
4,790 ft of climbing

10.8 mi one way · 4,790 ft climb · Very hard

Kootenai National Forest · Camp 6 mi away

High Divide

Ends at Lake Koocanusa
Inside Kootenai National Forest
3,594 ft of climbing

5.7 mi one way · 3,594 ft climb · Very hard

Kootenai National Forest · Camp 1 mi away

Mcguire Creek

Ends at Lake Koocanusa
Inside Kootenai National Forest
3,555 ft of climbing

7.5 mi one way · 3,555 ft climb · Very hard

Kootenai National Forest · Camp 2 mi away

Signal

Cell coverage here

VerizonLTE · Poor
AT&TLTE · Good
T-Mobile5G · Excellent

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain

Weather

7-day forecast

Thu73°48°Sunny
Fri72°49°Mostly Sunny
Sat72°47°Sunny
Sun73°47°Sunny
Mon71°48°Sunny
Tue67°46°Mostly Sunny
Wed67°Mostly Sunny

Thu: Sunny · wind 0 to 3 mph W

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

Sheldon Mountain
- Summits Sheldon Mountain
- Inside Kootenai National Forest
- 1,562 ft of climbing
4.2 mi of trails · 1,562 ft climb · Very hard
Kootenai National Forest · Camp 4 mi away
Sheldon Mountain B
- Inside Kootenai National Forest
- 1,279 ft of climbing
- Camp 4 mi away
4.0 mi one way · 1,279 ft climb · Moderate
Kootenai National Forest · Camp 4 mi away
Sheldon Mountain C
- Inside Kootenai National Forest
- Camp 4 mi away
3.9 mi one way · 555 ft climb · Moderate
Kootenai National Forest · Camp 4 mi away
Sheldon Mountain E
- Inside Kootenai National Forest
- Camp 4 mi away
1.5 mi one way · 842 ft climb · Moderate
Kootenai National Forest · Camp 4 mi away