Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Big Tree Trail–Eagle's Roost Trail, 10 sights
10.3 mi · ▲ 2,003 ft · 4 hr 26 min
Big Tree Trail–Eagle's Roost Trail, 10 sights is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Woodlands Special Treatment Area near Whiskey Springs, CA. It climbs 2,003 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Big Tree Trail–Eagle's Roost Trail, 10 sights
10.3 mi · ▲ 2,003 ft · 4 hr 26 min
Elevation 27–998 ft
Out & Back · Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Trailhead: Thompsom Gulch Trail · 39.35738, -123.71135
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 66°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start on Thompsom Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Woodlands Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Eagle's Roost Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Old Jeep Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Steam Donkey / Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Big Tree Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Thompsom Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Woodlands Area Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Big Tree Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Marsh Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Staircase, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Eagle's Roost Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Fern Gully Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Woodlands Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Thompsom Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.7 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:23 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:10 PM.
More from Thompsom Gulch Trail Trailhead
- Eagle's Roost Trail & Thompsom Gulch Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 983 ft
- Big Dipper–Eagle's Roost Trail, 8 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 2,133 ft
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