Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Northstar Vail Conservation Easement near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,586 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,139 – 7,126 ft · steepest grade: 18%10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31158, -120.04695
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,586 ft · 4 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,139–7,126 ft
Out & Back · Northstar Vail Conservation Easement
Trailhead: 39.31158, -120.04695
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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 N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear 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.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
ClearTemperature 84°F60°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Wed
84°58°
Thu
88°57°
Fri
88°58°
Sat
87°59°
Sun
86°58°
Mon
85°56°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~76 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 8:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 10.7 mi · loop · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 7.7 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 9.9 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 9.8 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
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