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Greenough Lake Campground is about 12 miles south of Red Lodge on US 212. Use the campground access for the #103.1 lake trail; it is separate from the nearby Parkside route.
Overview
About Greenough Lake Trail #103.1
Why go
- A very short, low-climb way to reach the lake shore
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Beartooth Highway map
Full mapElevation7,231–7,283 ft
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
1 active Beartooth Highway alert
- ClosureBeartooth Highway seasonal closure and falling-rock advisoryBeartooth Highway (US-212) is closed for the season between Cooke City and Red Lodge; do not plan to travel the highway as a through route.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Beartooth Highway Tour Guide
Your drive to Greenough Lake Trail #103.1, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Beartooth Highway. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Beartooth Highway audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Rock Creek Campgrounds and Greenough Lake0:00 / 0:28
“You're approaching the Rock Creek campgrounds and the access to Greenough Lake. The campsites sit among pine and aspen beside the creek, a pleasant base if you want to stay overnight below the high country.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Beartooth Highway Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 62 audio storiesacross Beartooth Highway’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Gray Wolf, Bison, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 82 trails, 36 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Trail guide
Hiking Greenough Lake Trail #103.1
A short walk to the lakeGreenough Lake Trail 103.1 is a brief out-and-back from the campground area to Greenough Lake.
Greenough Lake Trail #103.1 is a brief out-and-back from the campground area to Greenough Lake. Plan about 0.4 miles round trip and roughly 20 minutes; the mapped trail corridor runs about 0.22 mile one way, and you return the same way. It is a quick lakeside stop with little climbing, not a longer workout.
Follow the numbered lake trailStart at the campground-side end of Trail 103.1 and follow it toward the water.
Start at the campground-side end of Trail #103.1 and follow it toward the water. This is separate from the nearby Parkside Trail #103 and from a longer loop listed around the campground; those are different walks. The saved route ends near Greenough Lake and does not add an unverified campground loop.
At Greenough LakeThe lake sits below forested Beartooth slopes and is used for canoeing, kayaking, and rainbow…
The lake sits below forested Beartooth slopes and is used for canoeing, kayaking, and rainbow trout fishing. Those are lake activities, not extra miles on this trail. Aspen and pine grow around the campground, and bears, deer, and elk live in the area; wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Beartooth Highway
42 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
22 sightingsGray WolfMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
49 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
122 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
260 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
16 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Beartooth Highway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
