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Dollar Property

Dollar Reservoir & Shale Trail via Dollar Creek Shared Use Path

3.8 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Dollar Reservoir & Shale Trail via Dollar Creek Shared Use Path is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Dollar Property near Carnelian Heights, CA. The route reaches Dollar Reservoir. It climbs 834 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,582 – 7,359 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old County 39.20826, -120.10391
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA
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Dollar Reservoir & Shale Trail via Dollar Creek Shared Use Path

3.8 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 6,582–7,358 ft

Out & Back · Dollar Property

Trailhead: Old County · 39.20826, -120.10391

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start on Old County, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Reservoir Run, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miPass Dollar Reservoir.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right onto Cedar Flat Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miSharp right onto Shale Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading E.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Old County, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/dollar-reservoir-shale-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

78% dirt11% paved11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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