Cedar Spring via Pacific Crest Trail
13.4 mi · ▲ 2,669 ft · 5 hr 48 min
Cedar Spring via Pacific Crest Trail is a 13.4-mile out-and-back near Thomas Mountain, CA. The route reaches Cedar Spring at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It climbs 2,669 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cedar Spring via Pacific Crest Trail
13.4 mi · ▲ 2,669 ft · 5 hr 48 min
Elevation 5,303–6,871 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.63064, -116.58333
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:23 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Goff Flat Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 2.4 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 2.8 miBear right onto Cedar Springs Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Cedar Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 2.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Goff Flat Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:23 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Goff Flat Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Goff Flat Road 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,238 ft
- Tunnel Spring via Goff Flat Road 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,265 ft
- Goff Flat Road 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,178 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,623 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft
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