Lookout Point–Cedar Trail, 6 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Estates, CA. The route reaches Lookout Point at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 2,025 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,388 – 7,363 ft · steepest grade: 29%12.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24533, -120.05334
Nearest town Tahoe Estates, CA
Directions
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Lookout Point–Cedar Trail, 6 sights
11 mi · ▲ 2,025 ft · 4 hr 41 min
Elevation 6,388–7,362 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24533, -120.05334
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 83°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 715 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Cedar Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Saddle, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lookout Peak, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Lookout Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Saddle, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cedar Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Manzanita Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 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
88% dirt12% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 83°F45°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
84°62°
Wed
85°60°
Thu
89°60°
Fri
89°61°
Sat
89°61°
Sun
90°59°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 715 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Cedar Trail–Lake Ridge Trail, 4 sights 14.3 mi · ▲ 2,497 ft
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