Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Capital to Tahoe Trail–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,407 ft · 7 hr 4 min
Capital to Tahoe Trail–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. It climbs 3,407 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Capital to Tahoe Trail–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,407 ft · 7 hr 4 min
Elevation 5,177–8,269 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: Little Valley Road · 39.25567, -119.84439
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 92°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start on Little Valley Road, heading W.
- 3.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red House Flume Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Sunflower Hill Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Marlette Lake Road, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Capital to Tahoe Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Little Valley Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading SW.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Sunflower Hill Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Red House Flume Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Little Valley Road, heading NW.
- 3.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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