Amenities

• Campsites and beach tucked next to Maiden Rock.

• Two mooring buoys, bathroom, picnic tables, fire rings.

• Boat-in and walk-in only.

• Trailhead nearby

History

Maiden Rock is only accessible by boat or trail, and features a pebble beach and camping areas. The granite formation itself consists of a 300-foot cliff that drops into the lake. 

The land has been owned by the federal government since records have been kept of the area, and was set aside as part of a Forest Reserve in 1906. The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 authorized US Presidents to set aside public land covered with timber as "forest reserves" to protect watersheds and timber supplies, and to curb the effects of overzealous logging — such as mudslides, flooding, and the loss of local ecosystems. The act shifted land policy toward conservation, leading to millions of acres of national forests. The US Forest Service was created in 1905 to manage these forests, and still manages the land today.

The first mention of Maiden Rock occurs in the Kootenai County Republican newspaper on April 24, 1903, but the actual origin of the name remains clouded in folklore. The folklore is that a young woman fell or jumped from the rock in days of yore, or, possibly, that early boaters thought the rock itself resembled a woman.