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Tennessee
CALIFORNIA TRAIL
2.3 mi
Distance
1,636 ft
Gain
55 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Cherokee National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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CALIFORNIA TRAIL
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,636 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,636 ft
- Highest point
- 2,749 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,636 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
The California Trail is a 4.62-mile out-and-back hike in Tennessee with 1,636 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,749 feet.
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