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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.

Elevation

0 mi5,932 – 6,867 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.28632, -120.10217
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading W.
  4. 250 ftReach Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 1.6 miSharp right onto East Martis Creek Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 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

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 515 m from the trailhead

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