Mexican Dam Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 642 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Mexican Dam Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Silver Saddle Ranch near Stewart, NV. It climbs 642 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi4,607 – 4,984 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10787, -119.71563
Nearest town Stewart, NV
Directions
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Mexican Dam Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 642 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 4,608–4,985 ft
Out & Back · Silver Saddle Ranch
Trailhead: 39.10787, -119.71563
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Mexican Dam Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 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
65% dirt35% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.4 mi · loop · via Mexican Dam Trail
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Mexican Dam Trail
- 4.2 mi · loop · via Mexican Dam Trail
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Mexican Dam Trail
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Mexican Dam Trail
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Mexican Dam Trail
- 4.5 mi · loop · via Mexican Dam Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Mexican Dam Trail
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- Golf Course Outer Trail–River Trail, 3 sights 12.2 mi · ▲ 642 ft
- Heybourne Road via Vicky Lane 11.3 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- Mexican Dam Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 452 ft
- Hot Springs Mountain via Juniper Valley Ranch Road 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,938 ft
- Vicky Lane 2.2 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Prison Hill Trail - West 4.2 mi · ▲ 323 ft
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