16N54 Loop via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 4.3-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 884 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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16N54 Loop via Tahoe Rim Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 884 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 8,055–8,713 ft
Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Martis Peak Road · 39.28668, -120.03317
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Martis Peak Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto 16N54, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Martis Peak Summit Path, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Martis Peak Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
More from Martis Peak Road Trailhead
- Pickupsticks–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,966 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 11.6 mi · ▲ 2,216 ft
- Martis Peak Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,497 ft
- Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 2,521 ft
- Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 10 mi · ▲ 2,521 ft
- Martis Peak Road 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,909 ft
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