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Roaring Camp

Cable Car Beach–Mill Pond, 4 lakes

3.6 mi · ▲ 645 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Cable Car Beach–Mill Pond, 4 lakes is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Roaring Camp near Mount Hermon, CA. The route passes Duck Pond and Mill Pond before reaching Cable Car Beach at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 645 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi285 – 732 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.04246, -122.04964
Nearest town Mount Hermon, CA
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Cable Car Beach–Mill Pond, 4 lakes

3.6 mi · ▲ 645 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 284–731 ft

Out & Back · Roaring Camp

Trailhead: 37.04246, -122.04964

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: Bear Mountain stop 416 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Statues, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Upper Ballz, heading N.
  5. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miPass Duck Pond.
  8. 50 ftPass Mill Pond.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left onto Indian Creek Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Your Sister, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miReach Cable Car Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Indian Creek Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right onto Bear Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.8 miTurn right onto Upper Ballz, heading NW.
  20. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Statues, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cable-car-beach-mill-pond-out-back-5-lakes-7-km

Trail surface

50% dirt50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Bear Mountain stop 416 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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