Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Sawmill Pond & Truckee Marsh via Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path

12.4 mi · ▲ 584 ft · 4 hr 26 min

Sawmill Pond & Truckee Marsh via Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. The route reaches Sawmill Pond. It climbs 584 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,247 – 6,450 ft13.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 38.87047, -120.00689
Nearest town Meyers, CA

Directions

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Sawmill Pond & Truckee Marsh via Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path

12.4 mi · ▲ 584 ft · 4 hr 26 min

Elevation 6,248–6,449 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: connector · 38.87047, -120.00689

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 86°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 400 ftPass Sawmill Pond.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading NW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  25. 1.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  26. 400 ftTurn right onto Panther, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 450 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh, heading N.
  29. 0.3 miReach Sawmill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  31. 450 ftTurn left onto Sand Harbor, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  33. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  34. 1.2 miBear right onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading S.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  36. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  38. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  39. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  42. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  43. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  44. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  45. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  46. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  47. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  48. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  49. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  50. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  51. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  52. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  53. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  55. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  56. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

68% dirt12% paved20% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 86°F43°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV9Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
90°40°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 87°58°
Wed 87°59°
Thu 90°63°
Fri 89°64°
Sat 90°65°
Sun 90°63°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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