Maxwell Creek Road & Scotts Lake Road via Scotts Trail
7 mi · ▲ 889 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Maxwell Creek Road & Scotts Lake Road via Scotts Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Hope Valley Wildlife Area near Sorensens, CA. It climbs 889 ft. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,090 – 7,815 ft7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.77163, -119.93470
Nearest town Sorensens, CA
Directions
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Maxwell Creek Road & Scotts Lake Road via Scotts Trail
7 mi · ▲ 889 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 7,089–7,817 ft
Out & Back · Hope Valley Wildlife Area
Trailhead: 38.77163, -119.93470
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Scotts Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Maxwell Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach Scotts Lake Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Scotts Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Scotts Lake Road, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 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
15% dirt85% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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