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Rock Lake–Duck Lake Bypass Trail, 3 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,105 ft · 5 hr 55 min

Rock Lake–Duck Lake Bypass Trail, 3 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back near Cape Horn, CA. The route reaches Rock Lake at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 2,105 ft. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,044 – 7,927 ft14.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Emigrant Trail 38.50593, -119.94296
Nearest town Cape Horn, CA
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Rock Lake–Duck Lake Bypass Trail, 3 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,105 ft · 5 hr 55 min

Elevation 7,044–7,926 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Emigrant Trail · 38.50593, -119.94296

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.8 miBear left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.4 miSharp left onto Highland Creek Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Duck Lake Bypass Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.3 miTurn left onto Highland Creek Trail, heading E.
  6. 2.4 miReach Rock Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2.4 miTurn right onto Duck Lake Bypass Trail, heading NW.
  8. 1.3 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right onto Cape Horn Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.4 miBear right onto Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
  11. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rock-lake-rock-lake-out-back-24-km-3b33

Trail surface

19% dirt81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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