Klamath National Forest · California

Little North Fork

3.5 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 5406 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Trailhead Little North Fork Trailhead Drive there

Little North Fork Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The trailhead is up Forest Road 40N51 from Forest Highway 1C01 west of Sawyers Bar.

From the trailhead access Trail #5406 and #5405 following the Little North Fork north and then west into the area of Smith Cabin. The trail crosses Trail #5420 which can be taken up Devil's Canyon back to the Garden Gulch Trailhead, further along Forest Road 40N51. Connections can also be made with trails toward English Peak, Pine Lake and Tom Taylor Cabin on Trail #5427, or the Chimney Rock, Crapo Meadows, and Morehouse Meadows areas.

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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.