Lake Mary & Lake Mary Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Donner, CA. The route reaches Lake Mary at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 400 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,015 – 7,231 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.30866, -120.33216
Nearest town Donner, CA
Directions
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Lake Mary & Lake Mary Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 400 ft · 58 min
Elevation 7,014–7,232 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.30866, -120.33216
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Lake Mary Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Lake Mary.
- 0.3 miReach Lake Mary, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 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
69% dirt31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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