Tahoe Rim Trail Loop is a 10.6-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,392 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,139 – 8,442 ft · steepest grade: 24%11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 39.28706, -120.10392
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail Loop
10.6 mi · ▲ 2,392 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Elevation 6,139–8,442 ft
Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Elizabethtown Meadows Trail · 39.28706, -120.10392
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 473 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Martis Peak Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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% dirt2% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 473 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot 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 Elizabethtown Meadows Trail Trailhead
- Martis Peak Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,554 ft
- Martis Peak Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,554 ft
- Martis Peak Road 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,574 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,758 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,758 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,728 ft
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