Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Twin Lakes–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,917 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Twin Lakes–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. The route reaches Twin Lakes at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 2,917 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Twin Lakes–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,917 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Elevation 5,291–7,933 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: 39.23650, -119.84944
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 91°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto NFD 041 Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Twin Lakes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto NFD 041 Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Musgrove Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Musgrove Canyon Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,470 ft
- Little Valley Road & Musgrove Canyon Road 12.5 mi · ▲ 3,406 ft
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