Dry Pond Trail–National Forest Development Road 049, 4 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Galena Creek Regional Park near Sundown Town, NV. It climbs 2,592 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,106 – 7,333 ft14.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36460, -119.85297
Nearest town Sundown Town, NV
Directions
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Dry Pond Trail–National Forest Development Road 049, 4 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 2,592 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 6,106–7,333 ft
Out & Back · Galena Creek Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.36460, -119.85297
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Upper Whites Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Dry Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Upper Whites Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading NE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Dry Pond Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Upper Whites Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% dirt34% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 86°F60°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
91°66°
Wed
91°65°
Thu
93°62°
Fri
94°63°
Sat
94°64°
Sun
92°63°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Jones/Whites Creek Loop 2 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Jones/Whites Creek Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Bitterbush Trail via Jones/Whites Creek Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 431 ft
- National Forest Development Road 047 & Upper Whites Creek Trail via Jones/Whites Creek Loop 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,132 ft
- Marilyn's Pond–Galena trail, 3 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,088 ft
- Church's Pond–Church's Pond Trail, 3 sights 7 mi · ▲ 2,250 ft
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