Lawler is a trail that covers just over 10 miles from the bottom trailhead at Highway 58 all the way up to the top of Patterson Mountain. The entire length of trail is very popular with downhill mountain bikers who shuttle to the top and then bike down. But you don’t have to hike the entire thing to see the best of what this trail has to offer. The midsection of the Lawler Trail goes through a beautiful old growth forest, featuring large rock formations, wildflowers in the spring and it goes to two beautiful lookout points, one of them being Rock Knob.
The trailhead parking is at the end of a very narrow forest road. The trail was recently rerouted for mountain bikers, so if you are hiking, start the hike by heading down the spur road continuation for the first 0.3 miles until you meet up with the trail. Then continue uphill to the left.