Dollar Reservoir via Dollar Creek Shared Use Path
3.6 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Dollar Reservoir via Dollar Creek Shared Use Path is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Burton Creek State Park near Lake Forest, CA. The route reaches Dollar Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 486 ft. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,319 – 6,674 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.18679, -120.12493
Nearest town Lake Forest, CA
Directions
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Dollar Reservoir via Dollar Creek Shared Use Path
3.6 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 6,319–6,674 ft
Out & Back · Burton Creek State Park
Trailhead: 39.18679, -120.12493
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 84°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lakers Lane, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Cross Country Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Dollar Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Cross Country Green Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lakers Lane, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 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
28% dirt72% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 84°F46°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue
85°62°
Wed
84°55°
Thu
81°55°
Fri
80°55°
Sat
81°56°
Sun
81°54°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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