Tongass National Forest · Alaska
Low Lake/Big Lake
2.3 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 52723 · trail class 2 · typical grade 0-5% · hiking, bike · seasonal: hiking 05/15-09/15
Lodges
Along the way Fish Creek Cabin
Trailheads Gokachin Lake Trailhead Drive there · Low Lake/big Lake Trailhead Drive there
Low Lake/big Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
The Low Lake/big Lake trail is 2.3 miles long. The trail is unique in that it traverses both wilderness and non-wilderness areas. It begins at Thorne Arm - Fish Creek Cabin Site and follows the shore of Low Lake, then it parallels Fish Creek for another mile before crossing into designated wilderness.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Tongass National Forest
Other trails from the same trailheads
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.
