Tongass National Forest · Alaska
Ella Lake
2.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 55707 · trail class 1 · typical grade 0-5% · hiking · seasonal: hiking 05/15-09/15
Trailhead Ella Lake Trailhead Drive there
Ella Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
The Ella Lake trail is 2.8 miles long and is constructed of hand-split rustic boardwalk or natural tread. The trail begins in temperate rainforest and then moves through muskegs and grassy meadows, interspersed with small forested segments. The final .75 mile of the trail moves into the old-growth forest and parallels Ella Creek to Lower Ella Lake. Be aware that after approximately 2 miles the trail tread disappears and follows the creek bed.
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.
