Denali National Park & Preserve · Alaska

Spruce Forest Trail

0.1 mi of trail, end to end · 1,807 ft–1,819 ft · gravel surface · trail class Highly Developed · hiking · seasonal: Winter seasonal closure

Visitor centers

1,814 ft 1,819 ft · 0.1 mi high 1,819 ft

Along the way Denali Visitor Center

Trailheads McKinley Station Trailhead 1,816 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

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Other trails from the same trailheads

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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.