Lake Margaret Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Kirkwood, CA. It is mostly level, with 205 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,579 – 7,727 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.70299, -120.07205
Nearest town Kirkwood, CA
Directions
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Lake Margaret Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 52 min
Elevation 7,580–7,728 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 38.70299, -120.07205
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Margaret Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 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
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lake Margaret & Lake Margaret Trail 5 mi · ▲ 458 ft
- Kirkwood Lake & Kirkwood Lake Loop 2 mi · ▲ 220 ft
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