About hiking in Carbon County

Carbon County, Montana has 53 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 183 miles, an average of 3.5 miles each. The longest is East Rosebud Trail, at 16.8 miles. 10 run 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Carbon County are like

By length, 14 are under a mile, 29 run 1 to 5 miles, and 10 are 5 miles or longer. 1 is a loop, ending where it starts; the longest is Silver Run Trail, at 8.1 miles.

Of the 53 with measured elevation, East Rosebud Trail climbs the most, about 8,122 ft, and 18 gain 1,000 ft or more.

All 53 hiking trails, longest first

East Rosebud TrailHike16.8 mi Mount Maurice TrailHike14.8 mi Bear Track TrailHike11.6 mi West Fork Rock Creek TrailHikeMTB10.9 mi Lake Fork TrailHikeMTB9.2 mi Silver Run TrailHike8.1 mi Red Lodge Creek TrailHike7.6 mi Farley Lake Loop TrailHike7.5 mi Spread Creek TrailHike7.4 mi Camp Senia TrailHike6.9 mi Face of the Mountain TrailHike4.8 mi Timberline Lake TrailHike4.5 mi South PastureHike4.3 mi Nichols Creek TrailHike4.3 mi Corral Creek TrailHike4.2 mi Green Lake TrailHike3.8 mi Basin Lakes TrailHike3.7 mi Line Creek Basin TrailHike3.6 mi Palisades TrailHikeMTB3.6 mi Widewater TrailHike3.3 mi Silver Run Plateau TrailHike3.2 mi Barry's IslandHike3.0 mi Ingles Creek TrailHike2.6 mi Otter Lake TrailHike2.5 mi Airport TrailHike2.4 mi Glacier Lake TrailHike2.1 mi Lockhart Ranch TrailHike2.1 mi Parkside TrailHike2.1 mi Moon Lake TrailHike2.0 mi Lower Layout Creek TrailHike2.0 mi Willow Creek TrailHike1.8 mi Lower Lake Fork TrailHikeMTB1.5 mi Keyser Brown TrailHike1.4 mi Mariane Lake TrailHike1.3 mi Granite Lake Loop TrailHike1.3 mi Moochdocker Private Path to Scenic OverlookHikeMTB1.3 mi Moochdocker privateHikeMTB1.2 mi Lake Mary TrailHike1.1 mi Hillsboro TrailHike1.0 mi Crooked Creek PlateauHike0.9 mi Footpath to Rock Creek OverlookHike0.7 mi DCO RidgeHike0.7 mi Sylvan Lake TrailHike0.6 mi Crow Lake TrailHike0.5 mi Sullivans Knob TrailHike0.5 mi State Line TrailHike0.5 mi Silver Run Tie A TrailHike0.5 mi Rangers Delight TrailHike0.4 mi Upper Layout Creek TrailHike0.3 mi Granite Lake Loop ConnectorHike0.3 mi Lost Lake TrailHike0.2 mi Greenough Lake TrailHike0.2 mi Footpath the Clear Creek FishingHike0.1 mi

← All Carbon County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 4, 2026.