Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Grist Mill Road
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,545 ft · 4 hr 22 min
Old Grist Mill Road is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Marina Estates, CA. It climbs 1,545 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,493 – 6,989 ft11.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24231, -120.07537
Nearest town Tahoe Marina Estates, CA
Directions
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Old Grist Mill Road
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,545 ft · 4 hr 22 min
Elevation 6,493–6,989 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24231, -120.07537
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mini DH, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Chipmunk, heading E.
- 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mini DH, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 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
94% dirt6% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Old Grist Mill Road
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Old Grist Mill Road
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Old Grist Mill Road
More from this trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,596 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 1,306 ft
- Lake Vista Road 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,607 ft
- Beaver Tail Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,527 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,350 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,527 ft
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