Klamath National Forest · California

Kangaroo Lake

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 30 ft of climbing · 50 ft of descent · 6,031 ft–6,075 ft · native material surface · trail No. 5571 · trail class 5 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Campgrounds

6,068 ft 6,049 ft · 0.5 mi high 6,075 ft

Along the way Kangaroo Lake Campground

Trailhead Kangaroo Lake Trailhead 6,044 ft Drive there

Kangaroo Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The trail climbs above Kangaroo Lake and the campground, through the Kangaroo Lake Botanical Area, meeting and crossing the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Trail connects to a trail that follows the Little Trinity River and can be followed down to Highway 17 in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.