Palisade Creek Trail & Palisades Trail Road
7.4 mi · ▲ 2,628 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Palisade Creek Trail & Palisades Trail Road is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in American River Headwaters near The Cedars, CA. It climbs 2,628 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,472 – 6,496 ft · steepest grade: 26%7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.22814, -120.39977
Nearest town The Cedars, CA
Directions
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Palisade Creek Trail & Palisades Trail Road
7.4 mi · ▲ 2,628 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 4,473–6,495 ft
Out & Back · American River Headwaters
Trailhead: 39.22814, -120.39977
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Palisades Trail Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Palisade Creek Trail, heading W.
- 2.9 miReach Palisade Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miBear left onto Palisades Trail Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:12 PM
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- Palisades Trail Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 391 ft
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