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Thompson Memorial Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Polaris, CA. It climbs 2,827 ft. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,847 – 7,005 ft16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tompkins Trail 39.29544, -120.12396
Nearest town Polaris, CA

Directions

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Thompson Memorial Trail

16.1 mi · ▲ 2,827 ft · 6 hr 47 min

Elevation 5,847–7,005 ft

Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement

Trailhead: Tompkins Trail · 39.29544, -120.12396

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start on Tompkins Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miSharp right onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 4.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  9. 4.4 miBear left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading N.
  10. 1.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right onto Tompkins Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.7 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

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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