Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Franktown Creek Road–Tanks Road, 3 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,136 ft · 5 hr 48 min
Franktown Creek Road–Tanks Road, 3 sights is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Lakeview, NV. It climbs 2,136 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Franktown Creek Road–Tanks Road, 3 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,136 ft · 5 hr 48 min
Elevation 5,585–7,239 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: Timberline Drive · 39.18796, -119.81681
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 89°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start on Timberline Drive, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading W.
- 3.7 miTurn right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Timberline Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
- 3.7 miTurn left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Timberline Drive, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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