Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,521 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,139 – 8,442 ft · steepest grade: 24%10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Martis Peak Road 39.28668, -120.03317
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
10 mi · ▲ 2,521 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 6,139–8,442 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Martis Peak Road · 39.28668, -120.03317
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 76°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 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 76°F50°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
77°55°
Wed
78°53°
Thu
83°52°
Fri
83°53°
Sat
82°54°
Sun
81°53°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~75 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 8:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 9.8 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
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