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Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Nebelhorn, CA. It climbs 848 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,529 – 7,389 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail 38.81281, -120.02949
Nearest town Nebelhorn, CA

Directions

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Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 848 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 6,529–7,387 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail · 38.81281, -120.02949

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start on Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.8 miTurn left onto Hawley Grade Access Road, heading N.
  3. 150 ftReach Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Hawley Grade National Recreation Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.7 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

ClearTemperature 81°F45°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV9Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 81°56°
Wed 86°57°
Thu 86°59°
Fri 85°60°
Sat 86°61°
Sun 86°59°

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