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Bench Lakes Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Idaho

Bench Lakes Trail

Stanley, Idaho

7.8 mi

Distance

1,496 ft

Elev. Gain

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Bench Lakes Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:2,009 ft
Max:2,373 ft
Gain:456 ft
Loss:456 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,009 ft and 2,373 ft across 7.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,009 ft2,130 ft2,252 ft2,373 ft0.0 mi2.0 mi3.9 mi5.9 mi7.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,009 ft
High point3.8 mi2,373 ft
End7.8 mi2,009 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Stanley, ID · about 4 mi away
County:
Custer County, ID

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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