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Lake Baron is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Washoe Meadows State Park near Meyers, CA. The route reaches Lake Baron at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,286 – 6,408 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.88086, -120.03171
Nearest town Meyers, CA

Directions

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Lake Baron

4.4 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 6,288–6,409 ft

Out & Back · Washoe Meadows State Park

Trailhead: 38.88086, -120.03171

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miReach Lake Baron, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 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.

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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