Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lam Watah Historic Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 372 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Lam Watah Historic Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Village, NV. It climbs 372 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lam Watah Historic Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 372 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 6,253–6,509 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.97020, -119.93357
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 85°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Transit-accessible: Kingsbury Transit Center stop 87 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lam Watah Historic Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Lam Watah Historic Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:50 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:40 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Kingsbury Transit Center stop 87 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Nevada Beach 4.6 mi · ▲ 398 ft
- Lam Watah Historic Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 408 ft
- Round Hill Sewage Hill & Nevada Beach 5.5 mi · ▲ 479 ft
- Castle Rock Viewpoint & Lower Stinger via Kingsbury Stinger Trail 11.9 mi · ▲ 1,820 ft
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