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Northstar Service Road 706 & Thompson Memorial Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Polaris, CA. It climbs 2,160 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,149 – 7,005 ft · steepest grade: 19%12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27708, -120.12486
Nearest town Polaris, CA

Directions

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Northstar Service Road 706 & Thompson Memorial Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 2,160 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,148–7,005 ft

Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.27708, -120.12486

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 304 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  5. 3.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  7. 0.6 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 706, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miReach Thompson Memorial Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear left onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading NW.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  11. 3.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 250 ftSharp left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

19% dirt81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 304 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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