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Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 1,418 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,120 – 8,370 ft8.5 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

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,418 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Elevation 7,119–8,369 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 039 · 39.10501, -119.89363

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 81°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on National Forest Development Road 039, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  6. 3.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 3.9 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 039, heading SE.
  11. 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

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 81°F62°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Wed 82°56°
Thu 88°52°
Fri 88°53°
Sat 88°54°
Sun 87°53°
Mon 87°52°

Good to know

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