Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Franktown Creek Road–Little Valley Road, 5 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,555 ft · 6 hr 21 min

Franktown Creek Road–Little Valley Road, 5 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. It climbs 2,555 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,214 – 7,494 ft · steepest grade: 24%15.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24741, -119.84944
Nearest town Franktown, NV

Directions

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Franktown Creek Road–Little Valley Road, 5 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,555 ft · 6 hr 21 min

Elevation 5,215–7,493 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: 39.24741, -119.84944

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left onto Little Valley Road, heading W.
  3. 3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red House Flume Trail, heading S.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Franktown Creek Road, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Marlette Lake Road, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sunflower Hill Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Red House Flume Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto NFD 041 Trail, heading W.
  15. 1.9 miSharp right onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 042 Trail, heading NE.
  17. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Little Valley Road, heading NE.
  20. 3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.6 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

58% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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