Tahoe Rim Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 1,993 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,120 – 8,987 ft11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 039 39.10501, -119.89363
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,993 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Elevation 7,119–8,985 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 039 · 39.10501, -119.89363
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on National Forest Development Road 039, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 5.5 miTurn right onto Snow Valley Peak, heading E.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 5.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 039, heading E.
- 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
More from National Forest Development Road 039 Trailhead
- National Forest Development Road 039 15.7 mi · ▲ 1,513 ft
- National Forest Development Road 039 16.1 mi · ▲ 1,543 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 12.9 mi · ▲ 2,307 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 12.9 mi · ▲ 2,310 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 2,136 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 1,893 ft
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