Meteor Lake
- 1.7 mi
- round trip
- 492 ft
- climb
- 6,204 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Meteor Lake open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Ukonom Ranger District.
Ishi Pishi River Area Use Restriction
Agency alert covering Ukonom Ranger District · Order 05-05-58-26-04 · USFS · Ukonom Ranger District
As of · Source: USFS · Ukonom Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Meteor Lake is an easy out-and-back hike in the Marble Mountain Wilderness, part of the Ukonom Ranger District of Six Rivers National Forest in California. The trail is about 1.7 miles long, with a one-way elevation gain of 492 feet, taking you from a low point of about 5,691 feet to a high of about 6,204 feet. The route is on natural surface, and horses are allowed. Bikes are not. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is open year-round. Hells Meadows Trail lies just 0.3 miles away, and Monument Lake and Pleasant Lake are both within about a mile. For paddling, North Fork Wooley Creek is roughly 4.4 miles off.
Local outfitters
- Applegate Trail Rides47 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Hells Meadows TrailHiking0.3 mi
- Monument LakeHiking0.9 mi
- Pleasant LakeHiking1 mi
- North Fork Wooley CreekCanoeing4.4 mi
- Ukonom CreekCanoeing5.6 mi
- Wooley CreekCanoeing5.8 mi
- Marble RimRock climbing7.6 mi
- Karst CragRock climbing7.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Marble Gap TrailHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: Calaina, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- HaypressHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: Calaina, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Monument LakeHiking · ~1 min drive
- Wooley Creek TrailHiking · ~11 min drive
- Marble RimHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: Calaina, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Half MoonHiking · ~5 min drive
- Pleasant LakeHiking · ~2 min drive
- Hells Meadows TrailHiking · Next door
- Ukonom-Onemile LakesHiking · ~6 min drive
- One MileHiking · ~2 min drive
