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Prison Hill Trail - West is a 5.9-mile out-and-back near Stewart, NV. It climbs 1,183 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,797 – 5,371 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.12942, -119.74248
Nearest town Stewart, NV

Directions

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Prison Hill Trail - West

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,183 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 4,796–5,372 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.12942, -119.74248

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 150 ftTurn left onto Prison Hill Trail - West, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 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

12% dirt88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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