California hiking trails - Bake Oven Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, Placer County

   
  Great outdoors trails are magnificent and plentiful in California, and Bake Oven Trail in Placer County is one of them. California is a brilliant location for outdoors folks. Every California backcountry trail is wonderful in its own way. Backcountry backpacking here in the Northern Sierra Nevada is a very splendid way to see these mountaintops. Hitting the great outdoors trails is always a cool thing to do, and Bake Oven Trail in Placer County, California is such an excellent location. Some parts of Bake Oven Trail are much higher up than other parts of the
    hiking and backpacking trail which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the hiking and backpacking trail. This hiking and backpacking trail is a normal length hiking and backpacking trail with an average amount of climbing distance
which makes this a very tough wilderness hiking trail for advanced trekkers looking for a wonderful challenge. At parts of the year this region sees very little rain, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. You should count on this backcountry hike taking about 8 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Throughout the long summer days highs here at Bake Oven Trail reach the 90's. Once the sun is down it plunges down to the 60's. Throughout the winter highs are usually  
in the 50's; overnight lows at Bake Oven Trail during the winter usually plunge into the 30's. All the water falling down from the sky makes Bake Oven Trail a wet place; the month with most of the rain is January, and the driest of the months is July. The total elevation difference for Bake Oven Trail is 2,032 feet, and that is about average. This is a long hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Being 9 miles long it's an average length hiking and backpacking trail. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. Bake Oven Trail is situated a quite long trip from Truckee-Grass Valley, but there's pleasant natural beauty awaiting you here along it. When you're here in California trekking along one of its backcountry trails is the magnificent thing to do. This is a vicinity covered with lots of wilderness hiking trails. Bake Oven Trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be trekking it in and back out.

Briefly about the general area:
Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Sierra Nevada. Why not camp at Chicken Hawk Campground if you're here at Bake Oven Trail, and a pleasant journey to Squaw Flat is a brilliant way to spend an afternoon. A fine spot to camp here at Bake Oven Trail is Ralston Campground, and hey, Eldorado Creek is a glorious local stream.
Get yourself into a kayak and hit American River - Middle Fork, and El Dorado Canyon is unquestionably a magnificent site to pop by. People from Truckee-Grass Valley love to come to Bake Oven Trail, and why not a little side tour to Peavine Creek.
You definitely ought to fancy Bake Oven Trail. A short journey to Dad Youngs Spring is always worthwhile, and if you come at the right time of year, Rubicon River offers some great whitewater. All the outdoors cool things in the Northern Sierra Nevada will keep you coming back many times. Zero Spring is a pretty site to stop at while you're at Bake Oven Trail, and since you're here at Bake Oven Trail it's a good idea to stop at Little Oak Flat.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 39.0433, Longitude -120.7303
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Total in and out hiking length = 9 miles

Total climbing distance = 4.1 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2032 feet


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 Trails Near Bake Oven Trail:
Nevada Point Trail, El Dorado County , 4 miles away, 5.3 hiking miles, 2771 feet elevation difference
American Eagle Trail, Placer County , 8 miles away,  1.8 hiking miles, 190 feet elevation difference
Italian Bar Trail, Placer County , 8 miles away,  4 hiking miles, 2437 feet elevation difference
Euchre Bar Trail, Placer County , 8 miles away, 3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference
Pigeon Roost Trail, Placer County , 9 miles away, 1.4 hiking miles, 763 feet elevation difference
Green Valley Trail, Placer County , 9 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 2371 feet elevation difference
Mumford Bar Trail, Placer County , 9 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 3289 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Bake Oven Trail:
Ralston Campground, Placer County, 3 miles away
Chicken Hawk Campground, Placer County, 4 miles away
Camp Chiquita Campground, Georgetown, 6 miles away
Forbes Campground, Placer County, 8 miles away
Big Tree Grove Campground, Placer County, 8 miles away
 Whitewater Near Bake Oven Trail:
American River - Middle Fork, Placer County County , 3 miles away, Class IV-V - 2.1 miles long (Mosquito Ridge Road to confluence with Middle Fork)
Rubicon River, Placer/ El Dorado County County , 8 miles away, Class V - 20.3 miles long (Ellicott Bridge to Ralston Afterbay)
American River - North Fork, Placer County County , 9 miles away, Class IV-V - 12.3 miles long (Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar)
American River - North Fork, Placer County County , 12 miles away, Class IV-V - 14.5 miles long (Euchre Bar to Colfax-Iowa Hill Road)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado County County , 14 miles away, Class IV-V - 7 miles long (Slab Creek Dam to White Rock Powerhouse)
 Hotels Near Bake Oven Trail:
Westhaven Inn Pollock Pines, Pollock Pines , 17 miles away
Best Western Stagecoach Inn, Pollock Pines , 17 miles away
NATIONAL 9 INN, Placerville , 17 miles away
Albert Shafsky House Bed And Breakfast, Placerville , 18 miles away
Historic Cary House Hotel, Placerville , 18 miles away
 Lakes Near Bake Oven Trail
Oxbow Reservoir, El Dorado County , 4 miles away

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