Olympic National Forest · Washington

Lower Dungeness

6.3 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 833.3 · trail class 3 · typical grade 5-8% · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle, e-bike · motorized use allowed · seasonal: hiking 05/15-09/30

Trailheads Lower Dungeness/Gold Creek Trailhead Drive there · Upper Dungeness Trailhead Drive there

Lower Dungeness/Gold Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee · season Mid-Spring to

Provides Access to:

Lower Dungeness Trail #833.3 - A multi-use trail within conifer forest above Dungeness River.

Gold Creek Trail #830 - Mulit-use trail within conifer forest on steep mountain slopes in the Dungeness drainage. The trail is heavily wooded with viewpoints. Water is scarce.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Three O'Clock Ridge Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No fee.

Provides access to : Three O'Clock Ridge Trail a 0.5 mile spur trail that ends at its junction with the Lower Dungeness Trail #833.3 .

Restrictions <ul><li>Please use existing campsites and camp at least 100 feet from water sources.</li><li>Treat all water taken from streams before drinking.</li><li>Pack out what you pack in.&nbsp;</li></ul>

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Other trails from the same trailheads

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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.