Smiling Rock & Barn Trail via Van Sickle Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Van Sickle Bi-State Park near Kingsbury Meadows, NV. The route reaches Smiling Rock at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,333 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,450 – 7,241 ft · steepest grade: 31%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.96490, -119.91166
Nearest town Kingsbury Meadows, NV
Directions
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Smiling Rock & Barn Trail via Van Sickle Trail
6 mi · ▲ 1,333 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 6,449–7,242 ft
Out & Back · Van Sickle Bi-State Park
Trailhead: 38.96490, -119.91166
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 83°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Van Sickle Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Cal Neva, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Barn Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Smiling Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cal Neva, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Van Sickle Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 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
75% dirt25% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 83°F56°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV8Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
83°63°
Wed
85°60°
Thu
91°57°
Fri
90°58°
Sat
90°59°
Sun
90°58°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:47 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 13 min before dark.
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- Van Sickle Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 925 ft
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