Denali National Park & Preserve · Alaska

Taiga Trail

1.1 mi of trail, end to end · about 70 ft of climbing · 150 ft of descent · 1,772 ft–1,891 ft · gravel surface · trail class Developed · hiking · seasonal: Winter seasonal closure

Visitor centers

Along the way Denali Visitor Center

Trailheads McKinley Station Trailhead 1,816 ft Drive there · Mount Healy Trailhead 1,896 ft Drive there · Roadside Trailhead 1,822 ft Drive there · Spruce Forest Trailhead 1,815 ft Drive there · Taiga Trailhead 1,815 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the same trailheads

McKinley Station Trail · 2.1 mi · from Taiga Trailhead
Spruce Forest Trail · 0.1 mi · from Taiga Trailhead
Mt. Healy Overlook Trail · 2.1 mi · from Mount Healy Trailhead
Hotel Creek Trail Bridge · from Mount Healy Trailhead
Roadside Hiking Trail · 2.0 mi · from Roadside Trailhead
Roadside Trail · from Roadside Trailhead

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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.