Joseph D. Grant County Park

McCreery Lake & Yerba Buena Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 1,091 ft · 2 hr 5 min

McCreery Lake & Yerba Buena Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Joseph D. Grant County Park near Evergreen, CA. The route reaches McCreery Lake. It climbs 1,091 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,509 – 2,566 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hotel Trail 37.33771, -121.71283
Nearest town Evergreen, CA

Directions

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McCreery Lake & Yerba Buena Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 1,091 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 1,509–2,567 ft

Out & Back · Joseph D. Grant County Park

Trailhead: Hotel Trail · 37.33771, -121.71283

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

  1. Start on Hotel Trail, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right onto Yerba Buena Trail, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftPass McCreery Lake.
  5. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto Loop Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Yerba Buena Trail, heading S.
  8. 1.4 miReach McCreery Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.4 miTurn right onto Loop Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto Yerba Buena Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hotel Trail, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

1% dirt99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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