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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Northstar Vail Conservation Easement near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,590 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,139 – 7,126 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31357, -120.04711
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,590 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 6,139–7,126 ft

Out & Back · Northstar Vail Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.31357, -120.04711

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
  13. 1.6 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading NW.
  14. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 1.6 miSharp left, heading N.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~100 min). Leave by 5:02 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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