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Little Hunk - Northeast Face & Barker Dam Nature is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Smoke Tree, CA. The route reaches Little Hunk - Northeast Face at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,216 – 4,282 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02509, -116.14165
Nearest town Smoke Tree, CA

Directions

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Little Hunk - Northeast Face & Barker Dam Nature

1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 39 min

Elevation 4,216–4,281 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02509, -116.14165

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 98°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Poker Face, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftReach Little Hunk - Northeast Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 250 ftBear left onto Approach to Poker Face, heading SE.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftSharp right onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Barker Dam Nature, heading E.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 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

53% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F78°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind3 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 97°74°
Wed 94°67°
Thu 98°78°
Fri 99°80°
Sat 99°81°
Sun 94°78°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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