Prison Hill Recreation Access & Prison Hill Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Silver Saddle Ranch near Pinyon Hills, NV. It climbs 677 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi4,610 – 5,296 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14152, -119.70568
Nearest town Pinyon Hills, NV
Directions
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Prison Hill Recreation Access & Prison Hill Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 677 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 4,611–5,296 ft
Out & Back · Silver Saddle Ranch
Trailhead: 39.14152, -119.70568
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 93°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mexican Dam Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Prison Hill Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Prison Hill Recreation Access, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mexican Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 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
64% dirt9% gravel27% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 93°F55°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
96°67°
Wed
96°69°
Thu
98°64°
Fri
99°65°
Sat
99°67°
Sun
98°66°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- River Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Mexican Dam Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Mexican Dam Trail–Odyssey Loop, 5 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,701 ft
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