Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 14-mile out-and-back in Northstar Vail Conservation Easement near Iceland, CA. It climbs 2,971 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
14 mi · ▲ 2,971 ft · 6 hr 9 min
Elevation 6,139–8,060 ft
Out & Back · Northstar Vail Conservation Easement
Trailhead: 39.31063, -120.02948
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 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.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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 E.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.8 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 5.7 mi in (~151 min). Leave by 4:10 PM for the 7:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:27 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
- 12.5 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
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