Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Picnic Rock & Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint via Tahoe Rim Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 748 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Picnic Rock & Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. The route passes Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint before reaching Picnic Rock at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 748 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Picnic Rock & Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint via Tahoe Rim Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 748 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 7,022–7,770 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.25856, -120.06450
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 83°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Picnic Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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