Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,521 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
9.9 mi · ▲ 2,521 ft · 4 hr 34 min
Elevation 6,139–8,442 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Martis Peak Road · 39.28668, -120.03317
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~93 min). Leave by 5:09 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 7.7 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 7.8 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 9.8 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 10.7 mi · loop · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 12.5 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
- 14 mi · out & back · via Elizabethtown Meadows Trail
More from Martis Peak Road Trailhead
- Pickupsticks–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,966 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 11.6 mi · ▲ 2,216 ft
- Martis Peak Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,497 ft
- Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 10 mi · ▲ 2,521 ft
- Martis Peak Road 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,909 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 8 mi · ▲ 1,611 ft
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