Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
College Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 445 ft · 2 hr 49 min
College Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 445 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,250 – 6,395 ft8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Boca Raton Drive 38.87534, -120.00306
Nearest town Meyers, CA
Directions
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College Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 445 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 6,251–6,396 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Boca Raton Drive · 38.87534, -120.00306
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto College Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach College Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 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
92% dirt6% paved2% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 87°F57°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Wed
86°59°
Thu
90°63°
Fri
90°64°
Sat
90°65°
Sun
89°64°
Mon
88°62°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Boca Raton Drive Trailhead
- Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway 9 mi · ▲ 445 ft
- Al Tahoe Connector via Powerline Trail 13.1 mi · ▲ 839 ft
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