Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Sand Harbor & Truckee Marsh
3.8 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Sand Harbor & Truckee Marsh is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Camp Richardson, CA. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sand Harbor & Truckee Marsh
3.8 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 6,266–6,375 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.92550, -120.04568
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
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- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Truckee Marsh, heading NE.
- 450 ftReach Sand Harbor, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sand Harbor, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Fallen Leaf Campground, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from this trailhead
- Fallen Leaf Campground 2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Fallen Leaf Campground 2.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
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