Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Hobart Creek Reservoir & Jeep Trail via Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 4,312 ft · 7 hr 7 min
Hobart Creek Reservoir & Jeep Trail via Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail is a 14.9-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Carson City, NV. The route reaches Hobart Creek Reservoir. It climbs 4,312 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Hobart Creek Reservoir & Jeep Trail via Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 4,312 ft · 7 hr 7 min
Elevation 4,923–7,891 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: 39.15779, -119.81161
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 90°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Water Tank Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ash Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 2.7 miBear right onto Jeep Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Hobart Creek Reservoir.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach Hobart Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Jeep Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Ash Canyon Road, heading SE.
- 2.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Water Tank Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Taylor Spring via Water Tank Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft
- Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,517 ft
- Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 3,827 ft
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