Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Northstar Vail Conservation Easement near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,590 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~100 min). Leave by 5:02 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 7.7 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 7.8 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
- 10.7 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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