Three Lakes Trail
California
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0.6 mi
Distance
273 ft
Gain
16 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Plumas National Forest
2 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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Three Lakes Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 273 ft
- Elevation loss
- 273 ft
- Highest point
- 6,154 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,082 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Three Lakes Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 1.16 miles with 273 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,154 feet.
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