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Overlook via Clear Creek Trail

12.9 mi · ▲ 1,619 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Overlook via Clear Creek Trail is a 12.9-mile out-and-back near Indian Hills, NV. The route reaches Overlook at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 1,619 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,053 – 6,132 ft13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clear Creek Trailhead 39.09177, -119.80564
Nearest town Indian Hills, NV
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Overlook via Clear Creek Trail

12.9 mi · ▲ 1,619 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Elevation 5,053–6,133 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Clear Creek Trailhead · 39.09177, -119.80564

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 5.5 miTurn right onto Overlook spur, heading N.
  9. 300 ftReach Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  11. 5.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  14. 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/overlook-out-back-22-km-70f3

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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