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
- Start on Nature Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Village Run, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Liftline, heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Bill-E-Goat, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Liftline, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Village Run, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Boondocks, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading SW.
- 2.1 miSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Coaster, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Mineshaft, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Village Run, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Liftline, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Bill-E-Goat, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Liftline, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Village Run, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 4 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 5.3 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 6.8 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
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