Gold Lake Trail
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.6 mi
Distance
1,671 ft
Gain
54 min
Time
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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
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Gold Lake Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,671 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,671 ft
- Highest point
- 6,121 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,798 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Gold Lake Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back hike in California with 1,671 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,121 feet.
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