Marilyn's Pond & Galena trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Galena Creek Regional Park near Sundown Town, NV. The route reaches Marilyn's Pond at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 291 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,224 – 6,359 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36144, -119.85724
Nearest town Sundown Town, NV
Directions
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Marilyn's Pond & Galena trail
2 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 49 min
Elevation 6,224–6,358 ft
Out & Back · Galena Creek Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.36144, -119.85724
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Galena trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Marilyn's Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Galena trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Galena cutoff, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Marilyn's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Galena trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Bitterbush Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Galena trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
29% dirt71% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 86°F58°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
90°66°
Wed
90°64°
Thu
91°61°
Fri
91°61°
Sat
91°62°
Sun
92°60°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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