Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Sawmill Flat & Tahoe Rim Trail
11 mi · ▲ 1,701 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Sawmill Flat & Tahoe Rim Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,701 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Sawmill Flat & Tahoe Rim Trail
11 mi · ▲ 1,701 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Elevation 6,646–7,556 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.25856, -120.06450
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 58°F / low 38° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 3.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Tahoe Rim Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 3.7 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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
More from Tahoe Rim Trail Trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 317 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- Cedar Trail & Lake Ridge Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 524 ft
- Picnic Rock & Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint via Tahoe Rim Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 748 ft
- Griff Creek Trail Loop via Tahoe Rim Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 456 ft
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