Upper Freeway Wall–Lower Freeway Wall, 5 cliffs is a 6.7-mile out-and-back near Smoke Tree, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder and Lower Freeway Wall before reaching Upper Freeway Wall at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 326 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,075 – 4,282 ft7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02509, -116.14165
Nearest town Smoke Tree, CA
Directions
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Upper Freeway Wall–Lower Freeway Wall, 5 cliffs
6.7 mi · ▲ 326 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 4,074–4,281 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02509, -116.14165
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lower Freeway Wall.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Upper Freeway Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 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
55% dirt45% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:05 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Lucky Boy Vista–Elton Mine, 4 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Cap Rock–Chongo Boulder, 4 sights 14.9 mi · ▲ 446 ft
- Chongo Boulder–Barker Dam Nature, 4 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Chongo Boulder–Peyote Cracks - East, 5 cliffs 3.2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Skull Rock–Face Rock, 6 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,470 ft
- Wall Street Mill Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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