Lily Pond & Rattlesnake Road
4 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Lily Pond & Rattlesnake Road is a 4-mile out-and-back near Troy, CA. The route passes Lily Pond before reaching Lily Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 302 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lily Pond & Rattlesnake Road
4 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 7,358–7,614 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rattlesnake Road · 39.35933, -120.46192
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:04 PM
- Start on Rattlesnake Road, heading E.
- 1.6 miPass Lily Pond.
- 0.4 miReach Lily Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 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 0.4 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 1 min before dark.
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