8.8 mi of trail, end to end · about 3,900 ft of climbing · 2,793 ft–6,233 ft · native material surface · trail No. 78 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide
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Trailhead: Packwood Lake the Forest Service's write-up
$5/vehicle/day
Provides access to: Packwood Lake Trail #78
Trailhead is on Forest Road 1260 where Packwood Lake Trail No. 78 heads off for the Goat Rocks Wilderness. DO NOT follow alternate routes provided by your phone or navigation device.
Restrictions <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/giffordpinchot/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5137394">Wilderness regulations</a> apply within Goat Rocks Wilderness which surrounds much of Packwood Lake.
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.
