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Lake Margaret Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Kirkwood, CA. It climbs 289 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,579 – 7,753 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.70082, -120.07714
Nearest town Kirkwood, CA

Directions

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Lake Margaret Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 7,580–7,753 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.70082, -120.07714

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Margaret Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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