Lyle's Lookout & Hewlett Rim Trail
6.4 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Lyle's Lookout & Hewlett Rim Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. The route reaches Lyle's Lookout. It climbs 684 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lyle's Lookout & Hewlett Rim Trail
6.4 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 6,686–7,141 ft
Out & Back · Royal Gorge
Trailhead: 39.31343, -120.38980
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Lyle's Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Snow Mountain, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Hewlett Rim Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~75 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Hewlett Rim Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Reindeer & Walter and Esther Hewlett Royal Gorge Rim Trail 4 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Reindeer 4.1 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Bill & Flora's Point–Serene Lakes, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 401 ft
- Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 591 ft
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