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Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Franktown Creek Road–Musgrove Canyon Road, 4 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 2,508 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Franktown Creek Road–Musgrove Canyon Road, 4 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. It climbs 2,508 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,289 – 7,448 ft · steepest grade: 28%11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 39.23351, -119.84693
Nearest town Franktown, NV
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Franktown Creek Road–Musgrove Canyon Road, 4 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 2,508 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Elevation 5,290–7,448 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: connector · 39.23351, -119.84693

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 1 miSharp right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miBear left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red House Flume Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto NFD 041 Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.9 miSharp right onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 042 Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miBear right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  18. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 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/franktown-creek-road-musgrove-canyon-road-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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