AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Sawmill Flat

7.8 mi · ▲ 844 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Sawmill Flat is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 844 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,644 – 7,284 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dollar Creek Shared Use Path 39.21185, -120.10410
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA
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Sawmill Flat

7.8 mi · ▲ 844 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 6,646–7,284 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Dollar Creek Shared Use Path · 39.21185, -120.10410

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start on Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading NW.
  7. 2.1 miTurn right onto Service Road 301, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 2.1 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sawmill-flat-out-back-13-km-3f0e

Trail surface

98% dirt2% paved

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F48°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 85°62°
Wed 85°55°
Thu 81°55°
Fri 80°55°
Sat 81°56°
Sun 81°54°

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