McCreery Lake–Barn Trail, 4 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Joseph D. Grant County Park near Evergreen, CA. The route reaches McCreery Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 385 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,437 – 1,663 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Halls Valley Road 37.33276, -121.71734
Nearest town Evergreen, CA
Directions
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McCreery Lake–Barn Trail, 4 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 1,436–1,662 ft
Out & Back · Joseph D. Grant County Park
Trailhead: Halls Valley Road · 37.33276, -121.71734
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
- Start on Halls Valley Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Snell Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Barn Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Lower Hotel Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hotel Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hotel Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lakeview Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach McCreery Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Lakeview Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Hotel Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Hotel Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower Hotel Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Barn Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Snell Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Halls Valley Road, heading S.
- 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
33% dirt67% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM
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