Bike High Adventure Coeur d’Alene

Coeur d’Alene

• Location: Hawleys Landing Campground @

  • Heyburn St Park. Near Coeur d’Alene Idaho

  • 47.3537, -116.7724

  • maps.app.goo.gl/eoHCw26UMpRPyMFV7 

  • parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/parks/heyburn 

• Hub and Spoke Bike High Adventure

  • NOT BikePacking

• Activities:

  • Six nights camping

  • Four days of biking

    • 3 Paved

    • 1 rental Mountain Bikes

  • One day at amusement park

  • Cooking and cycling merit badges

• Sign Up Price: 

  • $350

• Minimum

  • Scouts: 13

  • Adults 6

• Scouts have their own area

• Common cooking area under large canopy

• Near shower house

• In most cases bike from here onto trail

• 2 tents & 8 people per site

7 Day Itinerary

Day 1 Sunday - Travel to Idaho

• Load up at @ 7

• Leave 7:30AM, 392 miles drive to Hawleys Landing 

  • 47.3539, -116.7725

  • 5 hr 25 min (342 miles)

  • 2 stops minimum

• Lunch @ Subway

• Arrive by 5PM or earlier

• Make camp and make dinner

Day 2 Monday - Two Short Rides

• Merit badge training in morning

• Ride to Plummer and back (15 mi), lunch in Plummer

  • 47.3346, -116.8876

  • Mostly on Bike Trail

• Ride to Marina & back (22 mi), swim at Marina

  • 47.4541, -116.7872

  • Mostly on Bike Trail

• Merit badge training & then free time in evening

Day 3 Tuesday - Medium Ride in Coeur d’ Alene

• Drive to Coeur d’Alene

  • McEuen Park 47.6721, -116.7797?

• Ride to Q’emiln Park and back (22 mi) via Idaho Centennial Trail

  • 47.7020, -116.9535

• Shop in Coeur d’Alene

  • 47.6735, -116.7807

• Dinner, MB training & then free time in evening

Day 4 Wednesday  - Long Ride Day

• 50 & 100 mile route

  • Option 1

    • 50 Miler

      • Camp to turn around at trailhead here: 47.5115, -116.5328

    • 100 miler

      • Camp to Elizabeth Park 47.5310, -116.0926 and back

      • google.com/maps

  • Option 2

    • 50 Miler 

      • Higgens Point 47.6274, -116.6806 to Narrow point between I90 and Spokane River 47.6820, -117.08572 

      • via Idaho Centennial Trail

      • Loop Back or continue to century turn around point, depending on support plan

      • Take North fork at 47.6948, -117.0451

    • 100 Miler

      • Higgens Point 47.6274, -116.6806 to Cannon Playground 47.6718, -117.4427 (49.2 miles)

      • via Idaho Centennial Trail

      • Loop Back

      • Route

• SAG wagon ("support and gear")

• 50 milers cook & KP

• Need 6 adults on bikes, 1-2 on SAG

Day 5 Thursday - Silverwood Theme Park

• Drive to Silverwood (1.5 hr)

  • 47.9063, -116.7027

  • Water park and rides

  • Extended hours from prior years

  • silverwoodthemepark.com 

• Pizza on way home

Day 6 Friday - Hiawatha Trail

• NOTE: Entrance fee is double Fri-Sun

• 2 hour drive to Hiawatha trail in MT

  • 15 mile downhill

    • google.com/maps

    • Start: 47.3967, -115.6351

    • End: 47.3518, -115.7363

  • Shuttle

    • Shuttle buses operate between the Pearson and Roland trailheads

    • 17mile Shuttle 

      • 48min one-way

      • 34mile / 1.5hour+ round

  • ridethehiawatha.com 

  • Family Friendly Downhill gravel bike trail 

    • Very similar to Palouse to Cascades Trail 

  • Lots of bridges (7) and tunnels (9)

    • Tunnels require light

    • Tunnels are wet and muddy

  • Fees

    • Entrance fee - $20

    • Shuttle fee

    • Renting bikes?

• Bonfire & mock award ceremony

Day 7 Saturday - Drive Home

• Drive home (7 hours)

• Lunch at XXX

• Arrive around 5PM

Other Trails

There are other, can perhaps better trails systems that are not part of the original Idaho Plan.

North Idaho Centennial Trail

• This trail is the main trail mentioned in the "Original Idaho Plan"

• 23-mile paved trail in Idaho and connects to further trails system in Spokane

• Runs along the Spokane River, from the Idaho/Washington border to Higgens Point on Lake Coeur d’Alene

• Great views of the river and surrounding mountains

• Follows I 90 for part of trail

Route of the Hiawatha

• This trail is the main trail mentioned in the "Original Idaho Plan"

• 15 miles long Mountain bike / hike trail

• Similar to western sections of Palouse to Cascades Trail

• 10 train tunnels and 7 sky-high trestles

• Shuttle is available

Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes

• 72-mile rails to trails trail 

• Follows the old Union Pacific Railroad 

• Similar to western part of Palouse to Cascades Trail

Canfield Mountain Trail

• 14-mile trail system

• Forests and meadows

English Point Trail

• 5.5-mile loop trail

• Forests and meadows

• Views of the lake and nearby mountains

Farragut State Park

• Campsites for tent and RV camping

• North of Coeur d'Alene

• Southern tip of Lake Pend Oreille

• Miles of hiking and biking trails

• Disc golf course

• Access to water sports on the lake