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Sierra Buttes Lookout Trail
California
California
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0.5 mi
Distance
435 ft
Gain
11 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Tahoe National Forest
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 435 ft
- Elevation loss
- 435 ft
- Highest point
- 7,321 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,978 ft
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- Managing agency
- Non-Governmental Organization
About this trail
Sierra Buttes Lookout Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.98 miles with 435 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,321 feet.
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