Mace Mill Loop & Mace Mill Road

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,186 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Mace Mill Loop & Mace Mill Road is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Balderson Station, CA. It climbs 1,186 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,084 – 3,402 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.91581, -120.77145
Nearest town Balderson Station, CA

Directions

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Mace Mill Loop & Mace Mill Road

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,186 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 3,083–3,403 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.91581, -120.77145

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  4. 1.3 miTurn right onto Balderson Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mace Mill Road, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Balderson Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mace Tie Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mace Mill Loop, heading S.
  9. 0.8 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Mace Mill Road, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mace Mill Loop, heading E.
  15. 0.8 miReach Mace Mill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mace Mill Road, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mace Mill Loop, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miBear right onto Mace Mill Loop, heading SW.
  23. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mace Tie Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Balderson Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Mace Mill Road, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Balderson Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 8:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:49 PM for the 8:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM — 11 min before dark.

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