Blue Rock Trail–Forest Route 5N14, 5 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 1,605 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Blue Rock Trail–Forest Route 5N14, 5 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back near Big Meadow, CA. It climbs 1,605 ft. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Blue Rock Trail–Forest Route 5N14, 5 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 1,605 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Elevation 7,005–7,540 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Forest Route 5N14 · 38.34170, -120.05773
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start on Forest Route 5N14, heading W.
- 4.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Route 6N98, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Forest Route 6N29, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Forest Route 6N08, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Blue Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Forest Route 5N14, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Forest Route 6N08, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Forest Route 6N29, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Forest Route 6N98, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Route 5N14, heading E.
- 4.6 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:28 PM.
More from Forest Route 5N14 Trailhead
- Forest Route 5N14 & Forest Route 6N95 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,027 ft
- Forest Route 5N14 1.9 mi · ▲ 319 ft
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