BP via Sawmill Flat is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 414 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,414 – 6,693 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old County 39.20826, -120.10391
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA
Directions
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BP via Sawmill Flat
3.8 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,415–6,693 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Old County · 39.20826, -120.10391
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start on Old County, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Fulton Circle, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shivagiri Extension, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach BP, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto BP, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old County, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
89% dirt11% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F48°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
85°62°
Wed
85°55°
Thu
81°55°
Fri
80°55°
Sat
81°56°
Sun
81°54°
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- Sawmill Flat 2.7 mi · ▲ 271 ft
- Cedar Flat Trail–Old County Connector, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 710 ft
- Dollar Reservoir & Shale Trail via Dollar Creek Shared Use Path 3.8 mi · ▲ 834 ft
- Sawmill Flat 6.4 mi · ▲ 635 ft
- Sawmill Flat 6.4 mi · ▲ 664 ft
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