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Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Musgrove Canyon Road

3.6 mi · ▲ 1,470 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Musgrove Canyon Road is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. It climbs 1,470 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,243 – 6,631 ft · steepest grade: 32%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23770, -119.84835
Nearest town Franktown, NV
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Musgrove Canyon Road

3.6 mi · ▲ 1,470 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 5,243–6,633 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: 39.23770, -119.84835

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 1.2 miSharp right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miReach Musgrove Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/musgrove-canyon-road-out-back-6-km-50ab

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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