Mexican Ditch Trail & Prison Hill Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Silver Saddle Ranch near Stewart, NV. It climbs 1,478 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,616 – 5,522 ft · steepest grade: 26%8.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Prison Hill Trail - West 39.13469, -119.73810
Nearest town Stewart, NV
Directions
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Mexican Ditch Trail & Prison Hill Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,478 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Elevation 4,616–5,521 ft
Out & Back · Silver Saddle Ranch
Trailhead: Prison Hill Trail - West · 39.13469, -119.73810
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Odyssey, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Prison Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Mexican Ditch Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miReach Prison Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Odyssey, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt11% gravel11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Prison Hill Trail - West 4.8 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Prison Hill Recreation Access–Prison Hill Trail - West, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,514 ft
- Bitterbrush Loop–Eagle Valley Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,183 ft
- Odyssey 5 mi · ▲ 1,094 ft
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