Balderson Trail & Mace Mill Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Balderson Trail & Mace Mill Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Balderson Station, CA. It climbs 559 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Balderson Trail & Mace Mill Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 3,132–3,398 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Dru Barner Trail · 38.93125, -120.75698
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
- Start on Dru Barner Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Balderson Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mace Mill Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Balderson Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Little Silver Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Mace Mill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Balderson Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Mace Mill Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Balderson Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Dru Barner Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:21 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.8 mi · loop · via Mace Mill Road
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Mace Mill Road
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Mace Mill Road
- 7 mi · out & back · via Mace Mill Road
- 7 mi · out & back · via Mace Mill Road
- 7.3 mi · out & back · via Mace Mill Road
- 7.7 mi · out & back · via Mace Mill Road
- 7.8 mi · out & back · via Mace Mill Road
More from Dru Barner Trail Trailhead
- Hog Canyon Road & Mace Mill Road via Rock Creek Loop 14.3 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft
- Bald Eagle Road–Balderson Trail, 4 sights 7 mi · ▲ 884 ft
- Dru Barner Sunset Point & Dru Barner Trail 3 mi · ▲ 556 ft
- Balderson Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 435 ft
- Balderson Trail 2 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- Little Silver Trail–Mace Mill Road, 3 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,233 ft
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