Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Washington

Campground

0.2 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 270A · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 46.4016, -121.7327 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Campground: Wakepish Group Campground the Forest Service's write-up

$100/night* for up to 100 people <em><strong>*Fee starts August 2024</strong></em> · reservation required · season July 1 to November 30

In a mature and varied forest setting, this site is near Mount St. Helens and Forest Road 99. There is a paved road to camp with a small shelter and toilet. Forest Road 99 ends at Windy Ridge, which provide sweeping views of Mount St. Helens and into the crater. Here visitors will find access to sweeping vistas, remote forest lakes, and high mountian elevations. In the winter this area becomes a snow park .

Restrictions Maximum vehicle length is&nbsp;25&nbsp;- 32 feet.

This hike on fs.usda.gov

Trailhead: Monte Carlo-Lower the Forest Service's write-up

Provides access to : Monte Carlo Trail #52 across from Oklahoma Campground .

Parking for 2 vehicles.

Restrictions Closed to All Motorized Use.

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Trailhead: Natural Bridges the Forest Service's write-up

No fee

This family friendly site provides access to Natural Bridges and is near the Ice Cave and Peterson Prairie Campground . Follow a short nature trail walking around the natural bridges, formed out of collapsed lava tubes.

Parking for 3 vehicles.

Restrictions Trail Closed to All Motorized Use.

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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.