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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 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 NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 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 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.
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 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10.7 mi · loop · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 14 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
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