East Perimeter Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 1,776 ft · 5 hr 57 min
East Perimeter Trail is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 1,776 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,578 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34327, -120.21865
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
Directions
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East Perimeter Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 1,776 ft · 5 hr 57 min
Elevation 5,893–6,579 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: 39.34327, -120.21865
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 2.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftSharp left onto SR 89 Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt13% paved4% gravel5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:00 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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