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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 250 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Galena trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftPass Marilyn's Pond.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Galena trail, heading S.
  11. 350 ftTurn right onto Galena cutoff, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miReach Marilyn's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Galena trail, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftTurn left onto Bitterbush Trail, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Galena trail, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Bitterbush Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 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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