The Bike trail is named "Trail of the Coeur d'Alene's" and it is 72 miles from the Start in Wallace, Id. to the Finnish in Plummer, Id. It is part of the Rails to Trails program and is in its Hall of Fame.
Link:
https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2010/october/01/idahos-trail-of-the-coeur-dalenes-and-route-of-the-hiawatha/
Since Geni and I did not have an extra chase car we had to ride to each trail head which is 10-15 miles apart and then ride back to our truck, that means we actually rode the trail twice their and back or 140 miles of awesome scenery! We got to view wild Moose, Eagles, osprey, Deer, Swans, and many other birds and wildlife. One thing we did not see much of was people, which really surprised us a great deal. Sure on the weekends we did see a few family's with the kids along but during the weekdays we saw only a few people a day!
The Trail of The Coeur d'Alene's is on a paved blacktop trail, on an old Great Northern Railroad rail bed. It is graded so nice at 2% to 3% that you think you are on flat track. It really is a undiscovered treasure of awesome riding!
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| The Mission |
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| Beautiful inside! |
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| Took a break to sell a few items in Kellogg, Idaho |
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| This memorial was just off trail |
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| Cooling in the shade |
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| Map of trail |
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| Old Railroad bridge built in 1921 over Coeur d'Alene Lake |
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| osprey nesting on bridge |
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