Klamath National Forest · California
Trailhead Trail Creek Trailhead Drive there
This trailhead is located on Highway 93, west of Carter Meadows Summit.
Leaving the trailhead, Trail #5521 follows the Trail Creek drainage and meets the Pacific Crest Trail. The PCT goes southeast toward Carter Meadows Summit, or north into the Russian Wilderness.
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.