Poker Face & Barker Dam Nature is a 2-mile out-and-back near Smoke Tree, CA. The route reaches Poker Face at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,216 – 4,282 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02509, -116.14165
Nearest town Smoke Tree, CA
Directions
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Poker Face & Barker Dam Nature
2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 41 min
Elevation 4,216–4,281 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02509, -116.14165
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 98°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Poker Face, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Poker Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Barker Dam Nature, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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
52% dirt48% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 98°F78°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind3 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
97°74°
Wed
94°67°
Thu
98°78°
Fri
99°80°
Sat
99°81°
Sun
94°78°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Little Hunk - Northeast Face & Barker Dam Nature 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Snickers North Face & Barker Dam Nature 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Mounds - Eff Eight–Mounds - Deep Throat, 3 cliffs 2.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Little Hunk - West Face (Trespasser's Wall)–Barker Dam Nature, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Wall Street Mill Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Figures on a Landscape–Solid Gold, 5 cliffs 2.3 mi · ▲ 226 ft
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