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California
Bell Swamps
2.6 mi
Distance
541 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Six Rivers National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 541 ft
- Highest point
- 4,927 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,364 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Trinity Alps Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Bell Swamps is a 2.61-mile out-and-back trail in California managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 574 feet of elevation.
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