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Rubicon Trail
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.7 mi
Distance
395 ft
Gain
25 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Eldorado 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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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Rubicon Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 395 ft
- Elevation loss
- 395 ft
- Highest point
- 6,522 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,183 ft
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- Forest Service
About this trail
Rubicon Trail is a 1.4-mile out-and-back hike in California with 395 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,522 feet.
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