Olympic National Forest · Washington

Mt. Townsend

6.2 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 839 · trail class 3 · typical grade 5-8% · hiking, horse

Trailheads Mt. Townsend Lower Trailhead Drive there · Mt. Townsend Upper Trailhead Drive there

Mt. Townsend Lower Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee

Provides access to : Mt Townsend Trail #839 within Buckhorn Wilderness.

Small parking area.

Restrictions <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/?cid=STELPRDB5409605">Wilderness regulations apply</a>&nbsp;within Buckhorn Wilderness. <ul><li><strong>Notice:</strong> This trail is within a watershed that provides drinking water to residents of Eastern Jefferson County. Please follow&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/recreation/?cid=stelprd3799607">these guidelines</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5367951">Know before you go</a>&nbsp;tips.</li></ul>

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Mt. Townsend Upper Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee

Provides access to : Mt. Townsend Trail #839 within Buckhorn Wilderness.

Small parking area. Limited turn-around, trailers not recommended.

Restrictions <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/?cid=STELPRDB5409605">Wilderness regulations apply</a>&nbsp;within Buckhorn Wilderness. <ul><li><strong>Notice:</strong> This trail is within a watershed that provides drinking water to residents of Eastern Jefferson County. Please follow&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/recreation/?cid=stelprd3799607">these guidelines</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5367951">Know before you go</a>&nbsp;tips</li></ul>

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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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.