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Castle Rock Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingsbury, NV. It climbs 912 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,067 – 7,750 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.97190, -119.90092
Nearest town Kingsbury, NV

Directions

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Castle Rock Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 912 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 7,067–7,749 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.97190, -119.90092

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 55°F / low 40° · precip 20% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.9 miSharp right onto Castle Rock Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miReach Castle Rock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 55°F40°
Feels like42°Precip20%Wind15 mphUV7Humidity69%
Rained 0.3″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
55°40° 12 AM: 2% rain1 AM: 4% rain2 AM: 4% rain3 AM: 6% rain4 AM: 5% rain5 AM: 7% rain6 AM: 9% rain7 AM: 14% rain8 AM: 20% rain9 AM: 13% rain10 AM: 8% rain11 AM: 7% rain12 PM: 5% rain1 PM: 3% rain2 PM: 3% rain3 PM: 2% rain4 PM: 2% rain5 PM: 2% rain6 PM: 2% rain7 PM: 3% rain8 PM: 3% rain9 PM: 2% rain10 PM: 2% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sat 60°39°
Sun 66°41°
Mon 70°39°
Tue 75°43°
Wed 63°50° 26%
Thu 68°50° 31%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 8 min before dark.

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