Egg Rock–Buck Island Lake, 6 lakes
11.5 mi · ▲ 1,240 ft · 4 hr 27 min
Egg Rock–Buck Island Lake, 6 lakes is an 11.5-mile out-and-back near Gilberts, CA. The route passes Loon Lake, Spider Lake, Mud Lake and Egg Rock before reaching Buck Island Lake at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,240 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Egg Rock–Buck Island Lake, 6 lakes
11.5 mi · ▲ 1,240 ft · 4 hr 27 min
Elevation 6,276–6,750 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.00055, -120.31463
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Loon Lake.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Rubicon Trail, heading NE.
- 2.3 miPass Spider Lake.
- 50 ftPass Mud Lake.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Old Sluce, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Egg Rock.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Rubicon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Buck Island Lake.
- 250 ftReach Egg Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Sluce, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Rubicon Trail, heading N.
- 4.6 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:40 PM for the 8:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Post Pile & Loon Lake via Rubicon Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 669 ft
- Post Pile–Loon Lake, 4 lakes 13.7 mi · ▲ 1,887 ft
- Loon Lake–Spider Lake, 6 lakes 14.6 mi · ▲ 1,937 ft
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