Denali National Park & Preserve · Alaska

Roadside Hike Trail

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 40 ft of climbing · 1,652 ft–1,821 ft · gravel surface · trail class Fully Developed, Highly Developed · bike, hiking, ski, snowshoe

Visitor centers

1,652 ft 1,656 ft · 0.2 mi high 1,666 ft

Along the way Murie Science and Learning Center

Trailhead Horseshoe Lake Trailhead 1,771 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the Horseshoe Lake Trailhead

All 57 trails in Denali National Park & PreserveFind a trailOn the parks mapPark on nps.gov

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" 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 park's own site before you go.