Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Marlette Lake Vista Point–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 3,557 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Marlette Lake Vista Point–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. The route reaches Marlette Lake Vista Point at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 3,557 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Marlette Lake Vista Point–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 3,557 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Elevation 5,223–8,681 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: 39.23603, -119.84605
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 91°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miSharp right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red House Flume Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Sunflower Hill Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Marlette Lake Road, heading S.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Marlette Peak), heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Marlette Lake Vista Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading E.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Sunflower Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Red House Flume Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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