Payette National Forest · Idaho

Cougar Creek

10 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 098 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle, atv, e-bike · motorized use allowed

Trailhead Jakie Creek/Teapot Trailhead Drive there

Jakie Creek/Teapot Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The Jakie Creek/Teapot Trailhead is located along the South Fork of the Salmon River. From the trailhead, you can travel on the west side of the river on the Cougar Creek Trail #098 that follows Jakie Creek for approximately 1 mile, then follows Cougar Creek to Cougar Lakes.

Immediately on the east side of the road is Phoebe Creek, but access to Phoebe Meadow begin at the Camp Creek Trailhead just south of this trailhead.

This trail system does loop to the south and ties into the Camp Creek Trailhead at the Camp Creek Campground (near Reed Ranch).

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.