Smiling Rock & Barn Trail
2 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 49 min
Smiling Rock & Barn Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Van Sickle Bi-State Park near Stateline, CA. The route reaches Smiling Rock at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 287 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Smiling Rock & Barn Trail
2 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 49 min
Elevation 6,449–6,659 ft
Out & Back · Van Sickle Bi-State Park
Trailhead: 38.94748, -119.93774
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cal Neva, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto South Administrative Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Barn Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Smiling Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto South Administrative Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cal Neva, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:28 PM.
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- Van Sickle Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 291 ft
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