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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Northstar Vail Conservation Easement near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,583 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,139 – 8,061 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.30525, -120.03168
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,583 ft · 5 hr 27 min

Elevation 6,139–8,060 ft

Out & Back · Northstar Vail Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.30525, -120.03168

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  21. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  22. 1.6 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading NW.
  23. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 1.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  26. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  34. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  35. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  36. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  37. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  38. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  39. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  40. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  41. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  42. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  44. 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
  45. 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 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~129 min). Leave by 4:32 PM for the 7:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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