Cinder Cone & Dollar Reservoir via Mount Watson Boulevard is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Burton Creek State Park near Carnelian Heights, CA. The route passes Dollar Reservoir before reaching Cinder Cone at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 1,188 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cinder Cone & Dollar Reservoir via Mount Watson Boulevard
12.1 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 6,528–7,643 ft
Out & Back · Burton Creek State Park
Trailhead: 39.19842, -120.10575
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 84°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftPass Dollar Reservoir.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach Cinder Cone, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Tahoe Cross Country Green Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Tahoe Cross Country Green Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Lakeview Ridge Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 408 ft
- Burton Creek Singletrack Loop 3.6 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Dollar Reservoir–Dollar Reservoir Trail Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Tahoe Cross Country Green Trail 4 mi · ▲ 545 ft
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