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Truckee Springs

Brockway Road Trail via Truckee River Legacy Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Brockway Road Trail via Truckee River Legacy Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Truckee Springs near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It is mostly level, with 203 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,817 – 5,919 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Truckee River Legacy Trail 39.31810, -120.19613
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
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Brockway Road Trail via Truckee River Legacy Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 5,818–5,919 ft

Out & Back · Truckee Springs

Trailhead: Truckee River Legacy Trail · 39.31810, -120.19613

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Legacy Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rue Hilltop, heading E.
  7. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.8 miReach Brockway Road Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Truckee River Legacy Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  16. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brockway-road-trail-out-back-6-km-39d3

Trail surface

71% paved27% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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