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Confidence
Open year round. Gate is closed 10 pm-6 am daily. Pets must be leashed. No horses. No bikes. No drinking water available.
Path Type
Loop
At Maclay Flat you'll find plenty of parking located within feet of the trailhead, clean vault style toilets, trail-side picnic tables, twelve interpretive signs, and two connected pedestrian loops. These two loop trails are 1.25 and 1.75 miles long and include benches and wide paths. Dogs are welcome but must be leashed at Maclay Flats. There is a boat launch approximately 150 yards down trail where non-motorized, carry-in boats are allowed (rafts, canoes, kayaks, float tubes).This riparian habitat contains towering Ponderosa pines and large cottonwood trees with open fields of native plants, flowers and grasses spread throughout. A wide variety of native birds and animals frequent this location including white tail deer, muskrat, bald eagles, Osprey, heron and so many more.
Up until the early 1900s, Salish Indians camped on this site harvesting roots from the Bitterroot plant and pitch from Ponderosa pine trees.
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Great loop with a stop by the river! Parking lot can be busy with people dropping in for a float
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Gorgeous afternoon. Trail was dry. Passed a handful of people and dogs. Hot hike in the uplands and a nice shady hike by the river
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