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Northstar Service Road 704–Northstar Service Road 900, 5 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,804 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,250 – 7,635 ft · steepest grade: 40%17.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.28491, -120.10658
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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Northstar Service Road 704–Northstar Service Road 900, 5 sights

15.9 mi · ▲ 2,804 ft · 6 hr 42 min

Elevation 6,252–7,635 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.28491, -120.10658

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 160 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Service Road 301, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Service Road 302, heading W.
  8. 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 450 ftBear right onto Reservoir Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miBear left onto Tryumph, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto The Woods, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Tryumph, heading SW.
  13. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Dogbone, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Speed Control, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gypsy, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 300 ftBear right onto Coaster, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miBear right onto Boondocks, heading W.
  23. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 200 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NE.
  27. 2.1 miBear left onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  28. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 704, heading SE.
  29. 0.3 miReach Service Road 301, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading E.
  31. 0.6 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
  32. 2.1 miSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NE.
  33. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  34. 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading E.
  35. 0.4 miBear left onto Coaster, heading SW.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  38. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  39. 300 ftBear left onto Gypsy, heading SW.
  40. 0.8 miBear left onto Speed Control, heading S.
  41. 50 ftTurn right onto Dogbone, heading S.
  42. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  43. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  44. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading S.
  45. 450 ftBear left onto Tryumph, heading E.
  46. 350 ftTurn left onto The Woods, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftTurn right onto Tryumph, heading NE.
  48. 0.2 miBear right onto Reservoir Road, heading NE.
  49. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  50. 450 ftBear left onto Service Road 302, heading SE.
  51. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Service Road 301, heading N.
  52. 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
  53. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  54. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  55. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  56. 150 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

93% dirt7% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.6 mi in (~181 min). Leave by 4:49 PM for the 8:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 160 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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