Gold Lake
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.5 mi
Distance
1,816 ft
Gain
59 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Plumas National Forest
3 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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Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Gold Lake
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,816 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,816 ft
- Highest point
- 6,121 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,809 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
GOLD LAKE is a 3.02-mile out-and-back trail in California with 1,816 feet of elevation gain and a maximum elevation of 6,121 feet. The trail ascends to a lake at 6,121 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,809 ft
- High point
- 6,121 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,816 ft
- Total descent
- 1,816 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 16% grade around mile 1.4 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 3 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Bucks Lake Wilderness · Wilderness
- Mt. Hough Ranger District · Ranger district
- Plumas National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1
Conditions
Active alerts for Plumas National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:
Stage I Fire Restrictions - Plumas National Forest
fire-restriction · posted Sep 5, 2026
Plumas National Forest Camping Stay and Occupancy Limits
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Silver Lake (Family Cg)Camping0.1 mi
- Gold Lake TrailHiking1.1 mi
- Granite Gap TrailHiking1.5 mi
- Mill Creek (family Cg)Camping4.2 mi
- Meadow Valley CreekCanoeing4.3 mi
- Spanish CreekCanoeing5.5 mi
- Bucks Lake Recreation AreaRock climbing5.7 mi
- Quarry, TheRock climbing6.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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