Meadows Trail
California
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2.4 mi
Distance
1,019 ft
Gain
1h 11m
Time
We don't cover this trail yet
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Meadows Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,019 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,019 ft
- Highest point
- 4,441 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,733 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- State Park and Recreation
About this trail
Meadows Trail is a 4.86-mile out-and-back route in California with 1,019 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 4,441 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,733 ft
- High point
- 4,441 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,019 ft
- Total descent
- 1,019 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 13% grade around mile 2.3 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 4.9 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Sandberg, CA weather station, 8.8 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan52° high39° low
- Feb53° high38° low
- Mar57° high41° low
- Apr62° high43° low
- May70° high49° low
- Jun80° high58° low
- Jul88° high65° low
- Aug88° high65° low
- Sep83° high61° low
- Oct71° high52° low
- Nov60° high44° low
- Dec52° high38° low
Where it is
- Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area · Public land
- Managed by
- State Park and Recreation
Source: USGS PAD-US 4.1
Nearby
- Tatavium TrailHiking0.5 mi
- Jack Rabbit TrailHiking0.7 mi
- Cougar TrailHiking0.8 mi
- Los Alamos Group CampgroundCamping4.8 mi
- Los AlamosCamping4.9 mi
- ChuchupateCamping7.5 mi
- Piru CreekCanoeing8.3 mi
- Pyramid Lake - Emigrant Landing Day Use AreaPier fishing9.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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