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Billy Mac Canyon Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Donner, CA. The route passes Beaver Pond and Beaver Pond before reaching Billy Mac Canyon Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 920 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,073 – 6,815 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31710, -120.31915
Nearest town Donner, CA

Directions

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Billy Mac Canyon Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 3 sights

4 mi · ▲ 920 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 6,073–6,816 ft

Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park

Trailhead: 39.31710, -120.31915

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Original Lincoln Highway Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
  11. 400 ftSharp right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miReach Billy Mac Canyon Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading W.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 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

97% dirt3% gravel

Weather

ClearTemperature 81°F51°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:13 PM
Tue 82°60°
Wed 82°55°
Thu 85°55°
Fri 86°56°
Sat 86°56°
Sun 87°54°

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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