Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Dollar Creek Shared Use Path
3.4 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Dollar Creek Shared Use Path is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 390 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Dollar Creek Shared Use Path
3.4 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 6,569–6,856 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.20584, -120.10454
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 55°F / low 43° · precip 35% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Fulton Circle, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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