Lion Lake
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
4.3 mi
Distance
2,083 ft
Gain
4h 1m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Shasta-Trinity National Forest
3 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.
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Lion Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,083 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,697 ft
- Highest point
- 7,422 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,328 ft
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Directions & GPX
About this trail
Lion Lake is a 4.29-mile trail at Red Rock Mountain in California with 3,300 feet of elevation gain. The trail is managed by the Forest Service as part of the Red Rock Mountain trail system.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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