Klamath National Forest · California

Deacon Lee

4.3 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 5436 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Trailhead Deacon Lee Trailhead Drive there

Deacon Lee Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Access this trailhead from Highway 93 west of Carter Meadows Summit by following Forest Highway 39 up Grasshopper Ridge to Forest Road 39N58, or from Forest Highway 1C01 east of Sawyers Bar, up Whites Gulch on Forest Road 40N61 to Forest Highway 39.

The Deacon Lee Trail (#5436) goes north then east into the Russian Wilderness by Waterdog Lake. Then you can head south on Trail #5519 to the Pacific Crest Trail, or north on Trail #5453 paralleling the PCT to the South Russian Trailhead.

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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.