Sawmill Pond–Mule Deer Connector, 3 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kiva Beach, CA. The route reaches Sawmill Pond. It climbs 1,391 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,247 – 7,326 ft · steepest grade: 29%17.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.93496, -120.05288
Nearest town Kiva Beach, CA
Directions
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Sawmill Pond–Mule Deer Connector, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 1,391 ft · 6 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,245–7,325 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.93496, -120.05288
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto 15th Street Bike, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Sawmill Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Sawmill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Panther, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto 15th Street Bike, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
63% dirt22% paved15% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F43°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
86°58°
Wed
86°58°
Thu
84°60°
Fri
83°61°
Sat
84°61°
Sun
84°60°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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