Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Dollar Creek Shared Use Path
3.7 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Dollar Creek Shared Use Path is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 453 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Dollar Creek Shared Use Path
3.7 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,489–6,856 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.20511, -120.10010
Weather Aug 4: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading N.
- 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.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
- 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 E.
- 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 S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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