Overlook via Clear Creek Trail
14.5 mi · ▲ 1,839 ft · 5 hr 45 min
Overlook via Clear Creek Trail is a 14.5-mile out-and-back near Indian Hills, NV. The route reaches Overlook at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 1,839 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,905 – 6,132 ft · steepest grade: 16%15.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.09431, -119.79767
Nearest town Indian Hills, NV
Directions
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Overlook via Clear Creek Trail
14.5 mi · ▲ 1,839 ft · 5 hr 45 min
Elevation 4,907–6,133 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.09431, -119.79767
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 5.5 miTurn right onto Overlook spur, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 5.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 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
97% dirt3% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Clear Creek Trail 15 mi · ▲ 1,835 ft
- Clear Creek Connector via Clear Creek Trail 16.1 mi · ▲ 1,957 ft
- Old Road-Private via Clear Creek Trail 14.3 mi · ▲ 1,845 ft
- Knob Point via Clear Creek Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,582 ft
- Clear Creek Trail/Jacks Valley Loop 3.8 mi · ▲ 366 ft
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