Johns Lake Loop Trailhead

This was a wonderful short hike. We got prime parking on North Lake McDonald Rd. The hike crosses over Going-To-The-Sun road twice, but the crossings were very easy. You go through the woods a bit, it's buggy, so just put on bug spray and you're fine. Also carry bear spray. Then it goes along a roaring creek for a while. I saw a deer with antlers on the trail.

I give this trail 3.5⭐️ It’s easy and short trail. It’s around 1 mile. Taking about 1 hour in total.This trail is a loop. It’s also the same trail with Upper McDonald Creek trail. I would say it’s not much to see because it’s very short trail but it’s good for family with little kids. It’s not hard to walk but you still can see the waterfall and the lake along the way.There are around 20 parking but it’s easy to find the parking since it’s not that popular.Tips: 1. You need vehicle reservation to pass Going to the Sun road between 7am-3pm. You can purchase the pass online a day before at 7pm. If you can’t buy one, just enter before or after the checking time.2. don’t need to bring a lot of water with you since it’s very short trail.

Johns lake loop trail is about a two mile loop hike through lush cedar forest on one half of the trail and along the river on the second half. Johns lake is fairly small but the lush cedar forest is less traveled and can offer some quieter walks through the woods. The walk along the river is spectacular with cascading water and waterfalls all along the trail.