Best hikes in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Ambleway maps 249 hikes in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, from a 1.3-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. 214 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Richardson Lake–Buck Lake Loop, 4 sights. The biggest climb is Jobs Peak–Freel Peak, 5 summits, gaining 5,807 ft, and the network tops out at 10,872 ft. 11 start within walking range of public transit.
- Upper Angora Lake–Lower Angora Lake, 3 lakes 1.3 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Cascade Falls–Inspiration Point, 3 summits 1.8 mi · ▲ 342 ft
- Kingsbury South/Stagecoach Access & Olympic Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 528 ft
- Brockway Spring & Powerline Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- 16N92B Loop via Martis Peak Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- Old Lutheran Camp Road 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Pine Marten 2 mi · ▲ 372 ft
- Powerline Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Martis Peak Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 432 ft
- Tahoe Mountain Trail & Valley View Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Jack Pine Road via Angry Bear 2.1 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- Fallen Leaf Campground 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Shivagiri Extension 2.3 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Dollar Creek Shared Use Path 2.4 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Section 9 Middle Spur 2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Lonely Gulch Flume 2.4 mi · ▲ 428 ft
- Cold Creek Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Noonchester Mine Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 365 ft
- Lower Mountain Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 604 ft
- Meeks Creek North 2.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Watson Lake–Tahoe Rim Trail (Watson Lake) Loop, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 391 ft
- Barker Pass & Barker Pass Spur via Pacific Crest Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 427 ft
- Noonchester Mine 2.8 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 318 ft
- 15th Street Bike 2.9 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Devron Connector & Valley View Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 765 ft
- Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector 2.9 mi · ▲ 752 ft
- Mount Pluto 2.9 mi · ▲ 715 ft
- Blackwood Creek Trail 3 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Old Powerline Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
- Watson Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Blackjack & Jennifer 3.1 mi · ▲ 417 ft
- Allison Ridge & Jennifer Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,645 ft
- Osgood Trail Connector 3.2 mi · ▲ 249 ft
- Spring Creek Road East Spur 3.2 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Fallen Leaf Lake & Truckee Marsh via Sand Harbor 3.3 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Powerline 3.3 mi · ▲ 629 ft
- Rock Garden 3.4 mi · ▲ 247 ft
- Elbert Lake & Elbert Lake Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft
- Lower Stinger 3.4 mi · ▲ 647 ft
- Castle Rock via Tahoe Rim Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 753 ft
- Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 848 ft
- Rubicon Peak & Rubicon Peak Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 2,270 ft
- William Kent Beach & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 829 ft
- Round Hill Sewage Hill & Lower Stinger 3.6 mi · ▲ 377 ft
- Armstrong Connector Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 610 ft
- Stanford Rock Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 984 ft
- Madden Creek 3.8 mi · ▲ 808 ft
- Angora Ridge Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 587 ft
- BP 3.9 mi · ▲ 856 ft
- Lonely Gulch Flume & Rubicon Peak Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 617 ft
- Castle Rock Viewpoint & Kingsbury Stinger Trail 4 mi · ▲ 759 ft
- Witch's Pond & Fallen Leaf Lake 4 mi · ▲ 633 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail Daggett North Loop 4 mi · ▲ 845 ft
- Warr Trail 4 mi · ▲ 1,072 ft
- Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector & Ward Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 862 ft
- Section 9 West Spur 4 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- Corral Trail & Sierra Sidewinder 4.1 mi · ▲ 694 ft