Dollar Creek under snow, California, US.jpg
Clyde Charles Brown · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dollar Creek Shared Use Path is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 584 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,372 – 6,857 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20071, -120.09940
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA

Directions

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Dollar Creek Shared Use Path

4.3 mi · ▲ 584 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 6,372–6,856 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.20071, -120.09940

Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 60°F / low 42° · precip 3% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftTurn left onto Fulton Circle, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading N.
  12. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading S.
  18. 450 ftTurn left onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

87% dirt13% paved

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 60°F42°
Feels like38°Precip3%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity65%
Hourly temperature
60°40°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 60°40°
Mon 64°40°
Tue 69°45°
Wed 70°51° 18%
Thu 72°53°
Fri 70°49°

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