Bead Lake
6.4 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 127 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 48.2865, -117.1091 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Bead Lake #127 the Forest Service's write-up
season April 15 to October 31
This non-motorized trail follows an old roadbed for 0.5 miles, then winds through a mixed conifer forest and along the shoreline of Bead Lake providing visitors with spectacular views of the lake. A spur trail #127.1 is located at the north end of Bead Lake and is not maintained. It crosses Lodge Creek and follows the shoreline for one mile where it comes to a dead end.
Bead Lake Boat Launch
Bead Lake
Restrictions <!--StartFragment-->Washington state fishing license required. See Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/">http://wdfw.wa.gov/</a> for more information. <!--EndFragment-->
This hike on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Colville National Forest
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.
