COVID 19 Safe hiking. Packwood Lake is beautiful and a lot larger than I had imagined. We followed the map's GPS to the parking area. There is a $5.00 parking fee which we were very happy to pay. No envelopes so we wrote our vehicle licenses plate on a paper and added it to the box with everyone else’s. The GPS said park and hike in. It is a 4.5-mile one way each way in was 9- ish mile total round trip. The day we went it was raining, Not fun. Although the scenery was amazingly beautiful. This would be much better on a sunny, not cold day. The lake is huge and breathtakingly gorgeous. We fished for an hour and decided to head back. We were told by people we passed that there is an ATV trail that is better to hike in. Next time. We passed a family that was hiking with children at were 8 years and up. We passed flowers I had never seen the likes of. Beautiful. And a frog that blended into the leaflitter so well that it was almost impossible to see even in the picture. This is an all-day hike. Go on a sunny day and bright a lunch and drinks to enjoy.