Prison Hill Recreation Access & Prison Hill Trail
3 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Prison Hill Recreation Access & Prison Hill Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Silver Saddle Ranch near New Empire, NV. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,633 – 4,715 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16008, -119.72517
Nearest town New Empire, NV
Directions
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Prison Hill Recreation Access & Prison Hill Trail
3 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 4,634–4,713 ft
Out & Back · Silver Saddle Ranch
Trailhead: 39.16008, -119.72517
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 94°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Prison Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Prison Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 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
83% dirt17% gravel
Weather
ClearTemperature 94°F53°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV8Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
95°50°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
97°65°
Wed
97°66°
Thu
99°64°
Fri
99°65°
Sat
99°67°
Sun
98°66°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Bitterbrush Loop–Desert Peach, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 638 ft
- Bitterbrush Loop–Desert Peach Loop, 5 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft
- Prison Hill–Bitterbrush Loop Loop, 7 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,476 ft
- Golf Course Outer Trail–Mexican Ditch Trail, 4 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 163 ft
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