Mount Watson Boulevard Viewpoint & Sawtooth Spur
2.8 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Mount Watson Boulevard Viewpoint & Sawtooth Spur is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Carnelian Heights, CA. The route reaches Mount Watson Boulevard Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 453 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mount Watson Boulevard Viewpoint & Sawtooth Spur
2.8 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 7,322–7,748 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sawtooth Spur · 39.23107, -120.15270
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 79°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
- Start on Sawtooth Spur, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach Mount Watson Boulevard Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading NE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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