Powerline Road
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,602 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Powerline Road is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Washoe Lake State Park near Carson Hot Springs, NV. It climbs 1,602 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,800 – 5,666 ft · steepest grade: 25%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20346, -119.73088
Nearest town Carson Hot Springs, NV
Directions
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Powerline Road
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,602 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 4,798–5,668 ft
Out & Back · Washoe Lake State Park
Trailhead: 39.20346, -119.73088
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 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 NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto County Road 224, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 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 7:01 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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