Washoe Lake & Dead Man's Creek via Powerline Road
11.1 mi · ▲ 2,865 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Washoe Lake & Dead Man's Creek via Powerline Road is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Washoe Lake State Park near Empire, NV. The route reaches Washoe Lake at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 2,865 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Washoe Lake & Dead Man's Creek via Powerline Road
11.1 mi · ▲ 2,865 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Elevation 4,692–5,668 ft
Out & Back · Washoe Lake State Park
Trailhead: 39.19795, -119.70966
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto County Road 284, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto County Road 224, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Dead Man's Creek, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto County Road 222, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Washoe Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Eastlake Boulevard, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto County Road 224, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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