Hiking trails near Ketchikan, Alaska

28 official trails lie within 25 miles of Ketchikan — 75 miles in total, 11 rated easy and 7 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 2,964 ft; the median trail gains 554 ft.

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23 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Deer Mountain	8.2	2,964 ft	Expert	9 min · 3 mi
Minerva Mountain	5.0	2,131 ft	Hard	4 min · 1 mi
Lunch Creek	4.0	1,107 ft	Hard	31 min · 17 mi
Naha River National Recreation	5.4	207 ft	Hard	16 mi (straight-line)
Carlanna Lake	2.1	1,310 ft	Moderate	5 min · 1 mi
Silvis Lake	2.6	873 ft	Moderate	27 min · 15 mi
Dude Mountain Trail	1.3	1,406 ft	Hard	1 h 05 min · 17 mi
8000500 Road Margaret	3.0	688 ft	Moderate	25 mi (straight-line)
8000000 Margaret Road System	2.7	787 ft	Moderate	23 mi (straight-line)
Gokachin Trail	2.4	557 ft	Moderate	19 mi (straight-line)
Traitors Cove Entrance 804030	1.6	915 ft	Moderate	23 mi (straight-line)
8400000 System Shoal Cove	3.7	262 ft	Moderate	18 mi (straight-line)
Perseverance Trail	2.5	554 ft	Moderate	20 min · 8 mi
Low Lake/big Lake	2.2	411 ft	Moderate	19 mi (straight-line)
Connell Lake	1.9	113 ft	Easy	22 min · 9 mi
Finger Lake Saddle Rd Margaret	1.2	383 ft	Easy	22 mi (straight-line)
Salvage Trail	1.6	193 ft	Easy	19 min · 8 mi
Black Mountain	1.2	251 ft	Easy	17 min · 9 mi
Rainbird Trail	1.0	216 ft	Easy	0 min · 0 mi
Ward Creek	1.3	144 ft	Easy	19 min · 8 mi
Vallenar Bay	1.2	155 ft	Easy	44 min · 9 mi
Pipeline Trail	1.5	73 ft	Easy	17 min · 7 mi
Ward Lake Nature Trail	1.4	23 ft	Easy	20 min · 8 mi

Quick picks near Ketchikan

Easy and short: Connell Lake — 1.9 mi, rated easy, 5 mi from town
Biggest climb: Deer Mountain — 2,964 ft over 8.2 mi, 2 mi from town
Longest: Deer Mountain — 8.2 mi, 2 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Deer Mountain to Beaver Falls; Silvis Lake to Beaver Falls

Summits: Deer Mountain to Roy Jones Mountain; Minerva Mountain to Juno Mountain; Dude Mountain Trail to Dude Mountain

Lakes: Naha River National Recreation to Roosevelt Lagoon; Carlanna Lake to Carlanna Lake; Silvis Lake to Lower Silvis Lake; Gokachin Trail to Granite Lake

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