Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
| Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes | |
|---|---|
Crossing Lake Coeur d'Alene on the Chatcolet Bridge, a long wooden trestle bridge with a 1921-built, former-swing-span truss bridge section | |
| Length | 73 miles (117 km) |
| Location | Northern Idaho, U.S. |
| Established | March 2004 |
| Designation | Idaho state park |
| Trailheads | Mullan (east); Plummer (west)47°30′35″N 116°32′13″W / 47.50972°N 116.53694°W |
| Use | Biking, inline skating, hiking |
| Highest point | 3,280 ft (1,000 m) (Mullan) |
| Lowest point | 2,200 ft (670 m) (Harrison) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Season | Year-round |
| Sights | Silver Valley, Lake Coeur d'Alene, Heyburn State Park, Palouse |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Maintained by | Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation |
| Website | Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes |
| Trail map | |
The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes is a rail trail in the Idaho Panhandle of the United States. It follows the right-of-way of the former Union Pacific Railroad from Mullan, a mountain mining town near the Montana border, westward to Plummer, a town on the prairie near the Washington border. Generally following the Coeur d'Alene River, the rail line was abandoned in 1991, and the trail officially opened in March 2004.