AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Kings Beach Trail

4 mi · ▲ 644 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Kings Beach Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Estates, CA. It climbs 644 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,582 – 7,156 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25563, -120.04898
Nearest town Tahoe Estates, CA
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Kings Beach Trail

4 mi · ▲ 644 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 6,581–7,156 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25563, -120.04898

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Griff Creek Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kings Beach Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/kings-beach-trail-out-back-7-km-c04a

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 85°F61°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity24%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Wed 85°61°
Thu 89°59°
Fri 90°60°
Sat 89°60°
Sun 88°60°
Mon 87°57°

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