Denali National Park & Preserve · Alaska

McKinley Station Trail

2.1 mi of trail, end to end · about 100 ft of climbing · 200 ft of descent · 1,637 ft–1,821 ft · gravel, native surface · trail class Highly Developed · hiking, ski, snowshoe

Visitor centers

Along the way Denali Visitor Center

Trailheads McKinley Station Trailhead 1,816 ft Drive there · McKinley Station Trailhead 1,686 ft Drive there · Morino Trailhead 1,814 ft Drive there · Spruce Forest Trailhead 1,815 ft Drive there · Taiga Trailhead 1,815 ft Drive there · Triple Lakes Trailhead 1,799 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the same trailheads

Taiga Trail · 1.1 mi · from Taiga Trailhead
Spruce Forest Trail · 0.1 mi · from Taiga Trailhead
Riley Creek Campground Trail · 1.0 mi · from McKinley Station Trailhead
Morino Trail · 0.2 mi · from Morino Trailhead
Triple Lakes Trail · 9.3 mi · from Triple Lakes Trailhead

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" 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 park's own site before you go.