06-Jun-2026 -- While in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area (for mountain biking), I was intrigued by this ‘forgotten’ point, visited only once before - by the Millers, in 2002. (This was such a long time ago; the children who accompanied Rand Miller to visit this point will now be in their 30s!)

From Coeur d’Alene, I drove north through Sandpoint, then southeast through the charming small town of Clark Fork, then past a fascinating roadside vintage auto junkyard before crossing the Montana state line. I then took a rural road south through the settlement of Heron, and then a gravel road south, before parking at a turnout at [48.00856,-115.99597], near the driveway for “Elk Creek Outfitting” - 0.63 miles North of the point.

Fortunately I had access to much better satellite imagery than was probably available to the Millers 24 years ago. From Google Earth, I could tell that there was a cleared strip - running North->South along flat land - starting at around [48.00428,-115.99596]. If I hiked South along this strip, I could easily pass just 0.17 miles East of the point. I'd have to hike just a short distance up a very steep, forested slope to reach the point. So, from my parking spot, I first made sure to carry bear spray (because I knew I was possibly in grizzly bear country), then crossed the road bridge across the West Fork of Elk Creek, then hiked Southwards along the eastern side of a fence (for the “Elk Creek Outfitting” property). (I could also see a small cabin to the East, so at this point I might have been crossing private property.)

After reaching the cleared strip, I headed South. Once I was East of the point, I turned West, entered the forest, and continued hiking - first along flat land, then up an increasingly steep slope, strewn with downed trees. Eventually I was able to reach the point. Fortunately there was a clearing in the tree canopy nearby that allowed me to fly my drone. Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.