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North Cottonwood Creek and Access Trail route map
Difficulty: ExpertPoint to Point
Montana

North Cottonwood Creek and Access Trail

Belgrade, Montana

14.6 mi

Distance

6,814 ft

Elev. Gain

Point to Point

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for North Cottonwood Creek and Access 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:1,690 ft
Max:2,652 ft
Gain:2,077 ft
Loss:1,194 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,690 ft and 2,652 ft across 14.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,690 ft2,011 ft2,331 ft2,652 ft0.0 mi3.6 mi7.3 mi10.9 mi14.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,690 ft
High point14.4 mi2,652 ft
End14.6 mi2,573 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Springhill, MT · about 1 mi away
County:
Gallatin County, MT

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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