Jeep Trail via Jumbo Grade is a 15.4-mile out-and-back near Empire, NV. It climbs 5,188 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Jeep Trail via Jumbo Grade
15.4 mi · ▲ 5,188 ft · 7 hr 44 min
Elevation 4,692–7,319 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.19795, -119.70966
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 77°F / low 44° · precip 2% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Powerline Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Lower Centennial Loop Connector, heading N.
- 3 miTurn right onto Goni Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jeep Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right onto Jumbo Grade, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Jeep Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jeep Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Goni Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 3 miContinue straight onto Lower Centennial Loop Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Powerline Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 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 2.8 mi in (~114 min). Leave by 4:47 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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