East Perimeter Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 672 ft · 3 hr 8 min
East Perimeter Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back near Hobart Mills, CA. It climbs 672 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,922 – 6,388 ft9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.39441, -120.19252
Nearest town Hobart Mills, CA
Directions
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East Perimeter Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 672 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 5,924–6,389 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.39441, -120.19252
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Emigrant Trail Access, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Emigrant Trail Access, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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
98% dirt2% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via East Perimeter Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 2 mi · loop · via East Perimeter Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
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