Northstar Service Road 704–Northstar Service Road 900, 5 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,804 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,250 – 7,635 ft · steepest grade: 40%17.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.28491, -120.10658
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Northstar Service Road 704–Northstar Service Road 900, 5 sights
15.9 mi · ▲ 2,804 ft · 6 hr 42 min
Elevation 6,252–7,635 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.28491, -120.10658
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 160 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Service Road 301, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Service Road 302, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right onto Reservoir Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Tryumph, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto The Woods, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tryumph, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Dogbone, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Speed Control, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gypsy, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right onto Coaster, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Boondocks, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NE.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 704, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Service Road 301, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
- 2.1 miSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Coaster, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Gypsy, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Speed Control, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dogbone, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Tryumph, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto The Woods, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tryumph, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Reservoir Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Service Road 302, heading SE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Service Road 301, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
93% dirt7% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 160 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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