Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Mount Watson Boulevard
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,185 ft · 6 hr 28 min
Mount Watson Boulevard is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Dollar Point, CA. It climbs 2,185 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Mount Watson Boulevard
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,185 ft · 6 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,301–7,426 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.19669, -120.10798
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 54°F / low 43° · precip 34% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
- 3.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 4 miSharp right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 7.1 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 8.5 mi · loop · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 9.5 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 10.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 11.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
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