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Grant Lake–McCreery Lake, 9 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Joseph D. Grant County Park near Evergreen, CA. The route passes McCreery Lake before reaching Grant Lake at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 1,095 ft. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,437 – 1,972 ft7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dutch Flat Trail 37.33543, -121.71745
Nearest town Evergreen, CA

Directions

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Grant Lake–McCreery Lake, 9 sights

7.6 mi · ▲ 1,095 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Elevation 1,436–1,972 ft

Out & Back · Joseph D. Grant County Park

Trailhead: Dutch Flat Trail · 37.33543, -121.71745

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dutch Flat Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.8 miBear left onto Service Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right onto Lower San Felipe Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Snell Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right onto Barn Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lower Hotel Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hotel Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Loop Trail, heading N.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Hotel Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miPass McCreery Lake.
  11. 50 ftSharp left onto Yerba Buena Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miReach Grant Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right onto Hotel Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto Loop Trail, heading SE.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Hotel Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower Hotel Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Barn Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miSharp left onto Snell Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower San Felipe Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miSharp left onto Service Road, heading N.
  21. 0.6 miBear right onto Dutch Flat Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

46% dirt54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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