Tongass National Forest · Alaska
Trailhead Gokachin Lake Trailhead Drive there
The Gokachin Trail is 2.3 miles long. It begins at South Side Of Fish Cr. and trail follows a very scenic route and passing two small lakes, Granite Lake and Star Lake, eventually crossing into Misty Fiords Wilderness. The route is marked for the first 1.5 miles and is comprised of natural tread. This trail requires good route finding skills.
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.