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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Creek Beach–Secret Cove Beach, 5 beaches

4 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Creek Beach–Secret Cove Beach, 5 beaches is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. The route passes Lake Tahoe, Secret Cove Beach, Secret Cove Beach and 4 more. It climbs 478 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,237 – 6,437 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16319, -119.93056
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
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Creek Beach–Secret Cove Beach, 5 beaches

4 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 6,237–6,438 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.16319, -119.93056

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miPass Lake Tahoe.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miPass Secret Cove Beach.
  5. 0.3 miPass Secret Cove Beach.
  6. 0.4 miPass Boaters Beach.
  7. 50 ftPass Creek Beach.
  8. 50 ftPass Whale Beach.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 500 ftSharp left, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miPass Whale Beach.
  13. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  14. 0.6 miReach Creek Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/secret-cove-beach-secret-cove-beach-out-back-9-beaches-5-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 84°F52°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 85°64°
Wed 85°59°
Thu 89°56°
Fri 90°56°
Sat 90°58°
Sun 89°57°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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