Powerline Road
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,748 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Powerline Road is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Washoe Lake State Park near Empire, NV. It climbs 1,748 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,843 – 5,666 ft · steepest grade: 24%9.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20315, -119.72733
Nearest town Empire, NV
Directions
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Powerline Road
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,748 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Elevation 4,843–5,668 ft
Out & Back · Washoe Lake State Park
Trailhead: 39.20315, -119.72733
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto County Road 284, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right onto County Road 224, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 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
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · loop · via Powerline Road
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
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