Tongass National Forest · Alaska
Deer Mountain National Recreat
8.3 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 52706 · trail class 2 · typical grade 0-5% · hiking, bike · seasonal: hiking 05/15-09/15
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 55.3416, -131.6230 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Deer Mountain Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
The Deer Mountain National Recreation trail is 10.7 miles long. This trail begins at the Deer Mountain trailhead and continues to the Upper Silvis Lake. The trail is composed of natural tread with brief sections of boardwalk. The trail is steep, with many switchbacks and gains two thousand feet of elevation in the first two miles of trail. From the Deer Mtn. shelter to Blue Lake shelter, the trail route is marked and some tread does exist. The trail beyond Blue Lake to John Mtn. and Upper Silvis Lake has some markers but very little tread is present. Hikers venturing beyond Blue Lake should be experienced with the use of maps, compass and/or GPS as well as having knowledge of the trail route.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Tongass 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.
