Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Castle Rock & Kingsbury Stinger Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 767 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Castle Rock & Kingsbury Stinger Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingsbury Village, NV. The route reaches Castle Rock at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 767 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Castle Rock & Kingsbury Stinger Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 767 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 7,596–7,968 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.99934, -119.89558
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 78°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Castle Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Castle Rock Climber trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Castle Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Castle Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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