Watson Peak Viewpoint–Watson Lake, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. The route passes Watson Lake before reaching Watson Peak Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 614 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,717 – 8,298 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Watson Lake Road 39.22386, -120.13808
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA
Directions
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Watson Peak Viewpoint–Watson Lake, 4 sights
4 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 7,717–8,297 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Watson Lake Road · 39.22386, -120.13808
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start on Watson Lake Road, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Watson Lake.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Watson Lake), heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Watson Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach Watson Peak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Watson Lake), heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Watson Lake Road, heading W.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
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