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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Original Lincoln Highway Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Billy Mac Canyon Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road Winter Route, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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