Klamath National Forest · California

Garden Gulch

8.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 5428 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Trailhead Garden Gulch Trailhead (MMW) Drive there

Garden Gulch Trailhead (MMW) the Forest Service's write-up

A trailhead up Forest Road 40N51 from Highway 1C01 between Sawyers Bar and Forks of Salmon. The trailhead is past the Little North Fork Trailhead, and leads in to the Marble Mountain Wilderness from the south.

The trailhead is located on Trail #5428, which begins on Highway 1C01. From the trailhead the trail goes northwest over Yellow Jacket Ridge, past Chimney Rock and swings around to the east near Smith Cabin. A loop can be made back to the trailhead by taking trail #5420 up Devil's Canyon where the trails meet in the area of the upper Little North Fork.

Additional trails join or are crossed by Trail #5428 including Trail #5417 toward Crapo Meadows, Trail # 5430 toward Dollar Meadows, Trail #5431 toward Smith Cabin, Trail #5416 past Chimney Rock, Trail# 5413 to Clear Lake, Trail #5405 toward Tom Taylor Cabin and English Peak, as well as others.

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Garden Gulch Trailhead (TAW) the Forest Service's write-up

A trailhead west of the town of Summerville along the South Fork of the Salmon River. From the trailhead, visitors can hike north up Garden Gulch along trail #5470, then east, on the edge and just inside the edge of the Trinity Alps Wilderness. Meeting up with the Rush Creek Trail (#5460), hikers can travel north towards Long Gulch Trailhead or return to the South Fork of the Salmon River following Rush Creek on trail #5460 to South Fork 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.