Powerline Road is a 14-mile out-and-back near Empire, NV. It climbs 4,249 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi4,692 – 7,366 ft · steepest grade: 35%15.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.19795, -119.70966
Nearest town Empire, NV
Directions
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Powerline Road
14 mi · ▲ 4,249 ft · 6 hr 47 min
Elevation 4,692–7,366 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.19795, -119.70966
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Powerline Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 3 miTurn right onto Goni Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Powerline Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 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
50% dirt50% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~105 min). Leave by 4:55 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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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- Powerline Road 14 mi · ▲ 4,249 ft
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