Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Moon Dunes Beach–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Moon Dunes Beach–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. The route reaches Moon Dunes Beach at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 1,506 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,273 – 6,989 ft9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23364, -120.07887
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA

Directions

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Moon Dunes Beach–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Elevation 6,273–6,989 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.23364, -120.07887

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto BP, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lake View Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 350 ftReach Moon Dunes Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  30. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading W.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  33. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  34. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  35. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  36. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  38. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  39. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading S.
  41. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  42. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  43. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  44. 0.3 miTurn left onto BP, heading S.
  45. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  46. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

73% dirt6% gravel21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:10 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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