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 Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nature Trail Loop, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 2.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Alder Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail Loop, heading SE.
- 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 6:49 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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