Pioneer Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Pioneer Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 312 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,948 – 6,286 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34519, -120.20507
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
Directions
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Pioneer Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 5,949–6,285 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: 39.34519, -120.20507
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail/DPR RAB, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
54% dirt36% paved10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
- 3 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
- 3 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
- 4 mi · out & back · via Pioneer Trail
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- East Perimeter Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 285 ft
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