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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Prison Hill Trail - West, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.2 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
- 2.4 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
- 2.6 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
- 2.6 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
- 2.9 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
- 2.9 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail - West
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