Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Waddle Ranch Preserve near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,050 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,050 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 5,934–6,867 ft
Out & Back · Waddle Ranch Preserve
Trailhead: 39.28632, -120.10217
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 515 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto East Martis Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 515 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 7.7 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 9.8 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 9.9 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10.7 mi · loop · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 12.5 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 14 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
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