East Perimeter Trail & Nature Trail Loop
7.3 mi · ▲ 1,013 ft · 2 hr 56 min
East Perimeter Trail & Nature Trail Loop is a 7.3-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 1,013 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,231 – 6,802 ft8.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Nature Trail Loop 39.34353, -120.21675
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
Directions
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East Perimeter Trail & Nature Trail Loop
7.3 mi · ▲ 1,013 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 6,231–6,802 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Nature Trail Loop · 39.34353, -120.21675
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nature Trail Loop, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Nature Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail Loop, heading S.
- 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
81% dirt8% gravel2% paved9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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