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Towne Trail

2.2 mi
round trip
135 ft
climb
7,100 ft
high point
Out and back
route
May–Oct
best months

Is Towne Trail open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Mountaintop Ranger District. It doesn't name Towne Trail, so check the source for the area it covers.

As of · Source: USFS · Mountaintop Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Towne Trail is an easy out-and-back hike of about 2.2 miles in the Mountaintop Ranger District of San Bernardino National Forest, managed by the Forest Service. The trail is accessible and runs on natural surface, with a total elevation gain of about 135 feet from a low point of 6,975 feet to a high of 7,100 feet. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Big Bear Lake, at a similar elevation, show July highs around 80°F and lows near 50°F, with only a couple of wet days a month from May through October. Knickerbocker Road passes just 0.1 mile away, and the Snow Summit Boulders climbing area is about a mile off. Buttercup Group Camp sits roughly 1.5 miles away, and Big Bear Lake Recreation Area, a lake fishing destination, is about 1.9 miles away.

Around this trail

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    Pineknot

    Campground

    Campground · 1.1 mi from the trail
  • If it rainsBeyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Deep Creek Hot Springs

    Hot spring

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