Alpenglow Expeditions
Hiking business nearby (~36 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet
Free — you'll pick up right here.
Watch this trail
Sign up to watch it — saving subscribes you to gate, closure and report changes.
California
Burnside Lake Trail 3
0.4 mi
Distance
120 ft
Gain
9 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Humboldt-Toiyabe 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.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
Here's your day, mapped
Burnside Lake Trail 3
AI-suggested draft · review before you go
Building your full AI plan…
Meals
Building your meal plan…
Gear for the day
Building your gear list…
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 120 ft
- Elevation loss
- 120 ft
- Highest point
- 8,030 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,999 ft
More about this trail ↓
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Burnside Lake Trail 3 is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.72 miles with 120 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 8,030 feet.
Add to a trip & share
Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive
Photo: Intermountain Forest Service, USDA Region 4 Photography, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)Burnside Lake Trail 2
~1 min drive
3.61-mile loop in California with 956 ft elevation gain.
Photo: UncleVinny, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Pickett Peak Trail
~5 min drive
3.7-mile out-and-back hike to Pickett Peak in California with 1,434 ft gain
Charity Valley
~9 min drive
13.40-mile out-and-back trail in California with 2,630 ft elevation gain.
Photo: Intermountain Forest Service, USDA Region 4 Photography, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)PICKETT PEAK TRAIL
~2 min drive
1.24-mile out-and-back hike to Pickett Peak in California, 364 ft gain
Photo: UncleVinny, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Horsethief
~5 min drive
3.60-mile out-and-back trail in California with 2,345 ft elevation gain.
Summit City
~10 min drive
Summit City is a 6.40-mile out-and-back trail in California with 416 ft of elevation gain.
Photo: AT2663, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Tahoe Rim Trail (Big Meadow to PCT)
~10 min drive
3.48-mile out-and-back on Tahoe Rim Trail with 775 ft gain/loss
Luther Scotts
~6 min drive
3.50-mile out-and-back trail in California with 852 ft gain.
Camp Irene Trail
~11 min drive
8.3-mile out-and-back hike in California with 3,817 ft gain/loss and 9,406 ft max elevation.
Photo: AT2663, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Tahoe Rim Trail
~11 min drive
0.9-mile out-and-back trail on the Tahoe Rim Trail in California
Also worth it near here
Kit Carson Campground
~5 min drive
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)Murals
~6 min drive
Crater Lake
~7 min drive
Photo: Skooiman at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)West Fork Carson River
~11 min drive
Photo: AT2663, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Tahoe Rim Trail
~11 min drive
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Guided trips nearby
Local operatorsoffering guided trips. You book directly with them — Roamze doesn’t take a cut.
View operator
