Coyote

California

California

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2.5 mi

Distance

556 ft

Gain

1h 4m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Sierra National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Part of Coyote Trailhead

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.5 mi
Elevation gain
556 ft
Highest point
7,875 ft
Lowest point
7,362 ft

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About this trail

Coyote is a 2.49-mile trail in California managed by the Forest Service within the Coyote Trailhead system. The trail gains 651 feet of elevation.

Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

Facts about this trail

The climb

High point
7,875 ft
Total climbing
556 ft
Length
2.5 mi

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Sierra National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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