Alder Hill & Nature Trail Loop via East Perimeter Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Alder Hill & Nature Trail Loop via East Perimeter Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. The route reaches Alder Hill at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 1,364 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,155 – 6,677 ft · steepest grade: 23%10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nature Trail Loop 39.34353, -120.21675
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA

Directions

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Alder Hill & Nature Trail Loop via East Perimeter Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Elevation 6,155–6,678 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Nature Trail Loop · 39.34353, -120.21675

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Nature Trail Loop, heading SW.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 2.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miReach Alder Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 3.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail Loop, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

81% dirt6% gravel1% paved12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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