Tahoe Rim Trail is a 15-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,364 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,605 – 7,753 ft15.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25746, -120.04785
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
15 mi · ▲ 2,364 ft · 6 hr 11 min
Elevation 6,605–7,754 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.25746, -120.04785
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 5.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 5.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
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
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