Tubbs Hill Loop

A 2-mile loop hike right in downtown Coeur d’Alene
Location
  • Coeur d’Alene Mountains
Rating
2.8 out of 5
Difficulty
Easy
Distance
2.2 miles
Duration
0:37 hours moving time (Hiking)
Elevation Gain
193 feet
High Point
2,352 feet (above 11th street)
Low Point
2,143 feet (lake)
Features
  • Lake
  • Outing Type
  • Daytrip
  • Trail Type
  • Loop
  • Trailbed
    Packed dirt
    Trail#
    Water
  • At the trailhead
  • Camping
    • Not allowed. Bathrooms at the trailhead
    Conditions
    • Excellent. Heavily used.
    Administration
  • City of Coeur d’Alene
  • Status
  • City Park
  • Maps
    USGS
  • Coeur d’Alene
  • Fees & Permits
  • None required
  • ()
    Open To
  • Hikers
  • Dogs
  • ()
    Directions
  • McEuen Field or 10th Street
  • Season
    Year-around
    Date
    September 6, 2016

    Tubbs Hill is a peninsula jutting out over Lake Coeur d’Alene and is accessible right from downtown Coeur d’Alene. There is a trailhead near the boat launch and another at the end of 10th street. The trail network consist of several paths crisscrossing the top and a far more popular perimeter trail. The perimeter trail includes numbered placards, the explanations to which are in the Trail Brochure, above.

    We did this hike on a labor day weekend, after the Scribe rejected each of my subsequently less strenuous hiking suggestions:  Independence Creek–no; Chilco Mountain–no; English Point–no; and finally Tubbs Hill–yes, but he timed it such that we were finished exactly at dinnertime and then had the audacity to suggest we try the path across the top. I’m sorry, but nothing gets in the way of me and my dinner! Enjoy the photos.

    Alternate Routes

      Things to Consider

        Not so great

          Potlatch Hill
          Lake Coeur d’Alene
          Coeur d’Alene Resort
          The location of the old grand stand where they’d watch old boats being burned on 4th of July
          Looking east across Lake Coeur d’Alene
          The best, and most popular, spot for a swim
          Rocky beach
          Looking northeast
          Me, guarding Tubbs Hill
          Sanders Beach

          One Comment

          1. MTN Talk says:

            We love Tubbs! Great Hike.

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