AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Maymens Flat

2 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 55 min

Maymens Flat is a 2-mile out-and-back near Sveadal, CA. It climbs 515 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,438 – 2,956 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Maymens Flat 37.09354, -121.83937
Nearest town Sveadal, CA
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Maymens Flat

2 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 55 min

Elevation 2,439–2,956 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Maymens Flat · 37.09354, -121.83937

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

  1. Start on Maymens Flat, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miReach Maymens Flat, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  6. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/maymens-flat-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:49 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:09 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:35 PM.

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