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Perimeter Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Polaris, CA. It climbs 2,820 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,847 – 7,005 ft · steepest grade: 16%16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.29401, -120.12295
Nearest town Polaris, CA

Directions

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Perimeter Trail

16.1 mi · ▲ 2,820 ft · 6 hr 47 min

Elevation 5,847–7,005 ft

Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.29401, -120.12295

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tompkins Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
  4. 0.9 miSharp right onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 4.4 miContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 4.6 miBear left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading NE.
  10. 1.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right onto Tompkins Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.9 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

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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