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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Fulton Circle, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 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.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
- 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 S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 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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