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Marilyn's Pond–Dry Pond Trail, 5 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Galena Creek Regional Park near Sundown Town, NV. The route reaches Marilyn's Pond at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It climbs 2,358 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,998 – 6,966 ft14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Thomas Creek Trail 39.39346, -119.83877
Nearest town Sundown Town, NV

Directions

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Marilyn's Pond–Dry Pond Trail, 5 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,358 ft · 5 hr 47 min

Elevation 5,997–6,967 ft

Out & Back · Galena Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: Upper Thomas Creek Trail · 39.39346, -119.83877

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.4 miSharp left onto Dry Pond Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.1 miTurn left onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Upper Whites Creek Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading S.
  7. 1.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miPass Marilyn's Pond.
  11. 200 ftTurn left onto Galena trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Galena trail, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto Galena cutoff, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miReach Marilyn's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Galena trail, heading NW.
  17. 350 ftTurn left onto Bitterbush Trail, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Galena trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miSharp right onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading W.
  23. 1.7 miTurn left onto Upper Whites Creek Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right onto Dry Pond Trail, heading W.
  26. 2.1 miSharp right onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading W.
  27. 1.4 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

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F60°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 91°66°
Wed 91°65°
Thu 93°63°
Fri 93°63°
Sat 93°65°
Sun 94°62°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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