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Mexican Ditch Trail & Prison Hill Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Silver Saddle Ranch near Stewart, NV. It climbs 1,611 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,616 – 5,555 ft · steepest grade: 28%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.13023, -119.74098
Nearest town Stewart, NV

Directions

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Mexican Ditch Trail & Prison Hill Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,611 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 4,616–5,555 ft

Out & Back · Silver Saddle Ranch

Trailhead: 39.13023, -119.74098

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 1 miTurn left onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading NW.
  14. 300 ftTurn left onto Mexican Ditch Trail, heading NW.
  15. 1.4 miReach Prison Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 1.4 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading SE.
  17. 300 ftSharp left onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading SE.
  19. 1 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  23. 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  24. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

71% dirt10% gravel19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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