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2 Beavers & a Bear–Boondocks, 8 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 3,221 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,129 – 7,359 ft · steepest grade: 39%16.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nature Trail 39.27623, -120.11933
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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2 Beavers & a Bear–Boondocks, 8 sights

15.9 mi · ▲ 3,221 ft · 6 hr 55 min

Elevation 6,130–7,360 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Nature Trail · 39.27623, -120.11933

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Transit-accessible: Aspen Grove Bus Stop stop 177 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Nature Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Village Run, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Liftline, heading SE.
  6. 300 ftContinue straight onto Bill-E-Goat, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Liftline, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Village Run, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 300 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading SW.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SW.
  15. 100 ftBear right onto Boondocks, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NW.
  17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
  21. 2.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  22. 1.8 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading N.
  25. 150 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  26. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftReach Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  28. 2.2 miContinue straight onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading S.
  29. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading E.
  33. 1.6 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading SW.
  34. 2.1 miSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NE.
  35. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  36. 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading E.
  37. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SE.
  38. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading SE.
  39. 0.2 miBear left onto Coaster, heading W.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
  41. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mineshaft, heading N.
  42. 150 ftContinue straight onto Village Run, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftTurn right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
  45. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Liftline, heading S.
  46. 0.1 miBear right onto Bill-E-Goat, heading E.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Liftline, heading E.
  48. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  49. 50 ftBear right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
  50. 50 ftBear left onto Village Run, heading E.
  51. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Nature Trail, heading NE.
  52. 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 surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Aspen Grove Bus Stop stop 177 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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