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| | Put on your backpacking shoes, and hit the hiking trail, American Eagle Trail in Placer County, California is a really great location to spend some time. Backcountry hiking here in California is a great way to spend some time. Every single California hiking trail is different from the others. With its 1.8 miles of walking distance it's a shorter type backcountry walk. This is a one trailhead wilderness hiking trail, so in and out is the way to walk it normally. Throughout the summer months, highs commonly are in the 90's at American Eagle Trail, and |
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all through the night it cools down to the 60's. Daytime highs all through the wintertime are in the 50's, and all through the dark hours in the wintertime at American Eagle Trail temperatures plunge to the 30's. California has plenty of good hiking trails, and American Eagle Trail
| | in Placer County is one of them. The time needed for this trek is roughly 1.5 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. American Eagle Trail is a hiking trail pretty far from Truckee-Grass Valley, but what an excellent location for backpacking it is. The backpacking trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry walk. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site. American Eagle Trail is a very | |
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short hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a fine great outdoors trail for the average person looking for a fine adventure. There are so many great outdoors trails in this neighborhood. The total elevation difference for American Eagle Trail is 190
feet, and that is lower than average. This neighborhood does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Even though this is not a very long backcountry hiking trail you should still
bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Backcountry trails like this one here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are a great way to explore these highlands. American Eagle Trail gets a great deal of water; January is when you get the most rain here while July is
the month with the least amount of precipitation. No chance of getting bored in California if you like the outdoors.
Briefly about the general area:
Here at American Eagle Trail there are plenty of folks from Truckee-Grass Valley. There's so much to do here at American
Eagle Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Baxter RV Campground is a great place for that; if you want a little side journey, try Humbug Canyon.
Man, is there a lot of entertaining things to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. It's a magnificent idea to stop at Humbug
Creek, it's close to American Eagle Trail. You'll need more than a day to discover everything American Eagle Trail has to offer, you can camp at Chicken Hawk Campground.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 39.1777, Longitude -120.7276
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 1.8 miles
Total climbing distance = .8 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1 hours
Total elevation difference: 190 feet
Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City
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13 miles away
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Nevada City Inn, Nevada City
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21 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California
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Euchre Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 2 miles away, 3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference |
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Italian Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 3 miles away, 4 hiking miles, 2437 feet elevation difference |
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Green Valley Trail, Placer
County
, 5 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 2371 feet elevation difference |
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Burnett Canyon Trail, Placer
County
, 5 miles away, 1.1 hiking miles, 753 feet elevation difference |
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Mumford Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 7 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 3289 feet elevation difference |
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Bake Oven Trail, Placer
County
, 8 miles away, 9 hiking miles, 2032 feet elevation difference |
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Eagle Bird Trail, Nevada
County
, 9 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 1371 feet elevation difference |
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Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City
, 13 miles away |
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Nevada City Inn, Nevada City
, 21 miles away |
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Piety Hill Cottages, Nevada City
, 21 miles away |
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Best Western Gold Country Inn, Grass Valley
, 22 miles away |
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Holiday Lodge Grass Valley, Grass Valley
, 23 miles away |
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