Poker Face & Barker Dam Nature is a 2-mile out-and-back near Smoke Tree, CA. The route reaches Poker Face at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,216 – 4,282 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02509, -116.14165
Nearest town Smoke Tree, CA
Directions
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Poker Face & Barker Dam Nature
2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 41 min
Elevation 4,216–4,281 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02509, -116.14165
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Poker Face, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Poker Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Barker Dam Nature, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
52% dirt48% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:04 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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