Olympic National Forest · Washington
Elk Lake
1.8 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 805 · trail class 3 · typical grade 5-8% · hiking, horse, bike
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 47.5712, -123.1475 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Elk Lake Lower Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
No fee
Provides access to: Elk Lake Trail
Small parking area and vault toilet at trailhead. The trailhead is located at the bottom of a fairly steep spur road 012 off of Forest Road #2401.
Restrictions Motor vehicles prohibited on trail.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Olympic National Forest
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.