Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · Idaho

Frank Brown

11 mi of trail, end to end · Johns Creek Trailhead: 10 mi loop in the Service's write-up · trail No. 401 · the forest publishes the line only

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 45.7836, -115.9256 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Johns Creek Trailhead 10 mi loop · the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee.

This trail system includes trails #401 Frank Brown, #407 Snoose Creek, #431 Driveway, and #478 Blue Ridge. These are accessible by a pack bridge on the South Fork of the Clearwater River along Highway 14. A 10-mile loop can be made by taking Trail #478 to its end, cutting west on Trail #401 to the Gilmore Ranch, and back to the South Fork Clearwater River on Trail #407. The first 1/2-mile of the trail is rather steep, and not characteristic of the entire trail system.

Restrictions Some trails lead into the Gospel-Hump Wilderness. All trail users must avoid using motorized vehicles on these sections of trail.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.