Dunbar Drive is a 12.7-mile out-and-back near New Washoe City, NV. It climbs 2,634 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Dunbar Drive
12.7 mi · ▲ 2,634 ft · 5 hr 33 min
Elevation 5,144–6,470 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Dunbar Drive · 39.30990, -119.78477
Weather Sep 21: Overcast, high 79°F / low 52° · precip 3% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start on Dunbar Drive, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Lord Street, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 2.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dunbar Drive, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.5 mi in (~179 min). Leave by 3:41 PM for the 6:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Dunbar Drive Trailhead
- Dunbar Drive 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,654 ft
- East Loop 15.1 mi · ▲ 3,204 ft
- East Loop 14 mi · ▲ 3,204 ft
- Jumbo Grade 13.8 mi · ▲ 3,641 ft
- Jumbo Grade 13.4 mi · ▲ 3,675 ft
- Jumbo Grade 13.8 mi · ▲ 4,251 ft
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