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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

4 mi · ▲ 755 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingsbury, NV. It climbs 755 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,021 – 7,556 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail 38.97054, -119.89859
Nearest town Kingsbury, NV
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Tahoe Rim Trail

4 mi · ▲ 755 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 7,021–7,557 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 38.97054, -119.89859

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  2. 2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  3. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tahoe-rim-trail-out-back-6-km-8447

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:43 PM for the 8:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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