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Pickleball Pond–Main Gate Pond, 3 lakes

4 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Pickleball Pond–Main Gate Pond, 3 lakes is a 4-mile out-and-back near Sky Valley, CA. The route passes Pickleball Pond and Main Gate Pond. It is mostly level, with 161 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,066 – 1,152 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.90213, -116.36184
Nearest town Sky Valley, CA
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Pickleball Pond–Main Gate Pond, 3 lakes

4 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 1,067–1,153 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.90213, -116.36184

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Pickleball Pond.
  3. 50 ftPass Main Gate Pond.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Henry Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right onto Sky Line Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Hot Springs Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto 20th Avenue, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miReach Pickleball Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hot Springs Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sky Line Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.8 miSharp left onto Henry Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miArrive 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/pickleball-pond-pickleball-pond-out-back-4-lakes-6-km-372f

Trail surface

56% dirt44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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