Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · Oregon, California

Payette

7.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 970 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

Campgrounds

Along the way Tipsu Tyee Campground

Trailheads French Gulch Trailhead Drive there · Manzanita Trailhead Drive there · Payette - French Gulch Campground Trailhead Drive there · Payette - Manzanita Trailhead Drive there

French Gulch Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No  · season Spring to

This site accesses the popular Applegate Lake trail system.

Provides access to:

Payette Trail #970

Little Grayback Mtn. Trail #921

Da-Ku-Be-Te-De Trail #940

Grouse Loop Trail #941

Collings Mtn. Trail #943

Facilities

No picnic table

No fire pit

No drinking water

Vault toilet

No garbage disposal - Please pack it out

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Manzanita Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No

Provides access to:

Facilities

No picnic table

No fire pit

No drinking water

No toilet

No garbage disposal - Please pack it out

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Payette - French Gulch Campground Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season Spring to

Provides access to:

Payette Trail #970

Facilities

No picnic table

No fire pit

Drinking water

6 vault toilets

No garbage disposal - Please pack it out

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Payette - Manzanita Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season Spring to

Provides access to:

Payette Trail #970

Facilities

No picnic table

No fire pit

No drinking water

No toilet

No garbage disposal - Please pack it out

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.