Big Slide

Big Slide: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Big Slide

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Big Slide — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.15383, -112.93699. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Slide

• Scapegoat Mountain · viewpoint · Idaho · ~24 km · Must-see
• Scapegoat Wilderness · sanctuary · Lewis and Clark · ~24 km · Must-see
• Heart Lake · lake · Idaho · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lewis and Clark Pass · sanctuary · Lemhi · ~48 km · Must-see
• Seeley Lake · lake · Idaho · ~54 km · Must-see
• Rogers Pass · viewpoint · Lemhi · ~55 km · Must-see
• Nilan Reservoir · lake · ~59 km · Must-see
• Gibson Reservoir · lake · Teton · ~64 km · Must-see
• Gibson Reservoir · lake · Idaho · ~65 km · Must-see
• Chinese Wall · viewpoint · Flathead · ~71 km · Must-see
• Willow Creek Reservoir · lake · ~73 km · Must-see
• North Fork Falls · waterfall · Lewis and Clark · ~7 km
• Falls Point · waterfall · Lewis and Clark · ~10 km
• Doney Lake Number 2 Dam · lake · Powell · ~18 km
• Danaher Mountain · viewpoint · Lewis and Clark · ~19 km
• Apex Mountain · viewpoint · Powell · ~23 km
• Evans Lake Dam · lake · Powell · ~24 km
• Little Apex Mountain · viewpoint · Powell · ~25 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Slide

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Big Slide

• Scapegoat Mountain · viewpoint · Idaho · ~24 km · Must-see
• Rogers Pass · viewpoint · Lemhi · ~55 km · Must-see
• Chinese Wall · viewpoint · Flathead · ~71 km · Must-see
• Gray Wolf Glacier · viewpoint · Idaho · ~90 km · Must-see
• Gray Wolf Glacier · viewpoint · Missoula · ~90 km · Must-see
• Fissure Glacier · viewpoint · Missoula · ~92 km · Must-see
• Fissure Glacier · viewpoint · Idaho · ~92 km · Must-see
• Hellgate Canyon · viewpoint · Idaho · ~92 km · Must-see
• Mountaineer Glacier · viewpoint · Idaho · ~93 km · Must-see
• Mountaineer Glacier · viewpoint · Missoula · ~93 km · Must-see

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