Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Franktown Creek Road–Musgrove Canyon Road, 4 sights
11.5 mi · ▲ 2,508 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Franktown Creek Road–Musgrove Canyon Road, 4 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. It climbs 2,508 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Franktown Creek Road–Musgrove Canyon Road, 4 sights
11.5 mi · ▲ 2,508 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 5,290–7,448 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: connector · 39.23351, -119.84693
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 91°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miSharp right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red House Flume Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto NFD 041 Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 042 Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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