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| | Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the great outdoors a bit, and Beacroft Trail in Placer County, California is just what you need. California has plenty of good wilderness hiking trails; Beacroft Trail in Placer County is one of them. California has so much to offer nature lovers. You'll have got to go far from Truckee-Grass Valley to get to Beacroft Trail, but it is a really perfect backpacking trail. With its 4.6 miles of walking distance it's a mid length walk. Backcountry trekking here in California never gets boring. Don’t forget |
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to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. This wilderness hiking trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the wilderness hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. These wilderness hiking trails
| | here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are a really great way to spend quality time in nature. Beacroft Trail has only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to walk it normally. The length of Beacroft Trail is about average with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a glorious backcountry hiking trail for the average person looking for a glorious adventure. All through the summertime, highs frequently are in the 80's at Beacroft Trail while nighttime lows are generally in the 50's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the | |
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40's; during the dark hours in the wintertime at Beacroft Trail temperatures plunge to the 30's. This great outdoors trail has a total elevation difference of 2,690 feet, and that is higher than average. Every single California wilderness hiking trail is different from the others.
This backcountry hike shouldn't take more than 4 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Sometimes this hiking trail gets really dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or
make a camp fire. Beacroft Trail sees pretty high levels of rain; most of the rain falls all through January; July on the other hand is the driest. Even though this is not a very long hiking trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. There
are so many backcountry hiking trails in this area.
Briefly about the general area:
If you're here at Beacroft Trail, do take a tour to Ford Point; Big Valley Canyon is nearby, and is a great site. If you have a thing about the outdoors you'll have a thing about it here
in the Northern Sierra Nevada. A short journey to Skunk Spring is always worthwhile, and it's a splendid idea to stop by Andrew Gray Creek.
This river is so wonderful. Tadpole Spring is an inspiring place to pop by while here, and Beacroft Trail is brilliant enough to spend
more than a day at, Tadpole Campground is a brilliant local campground. You'll meet a lot of folks from Truckee-Grass Valley here. There's so much to do here at Beacroft Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Secret House Campground is a nice location for that. Beacroft
Trail beyond doubt is in the middle of a beautiful outdoors paradise. Paddling on American River - North Fork is so much fun, and why not visit nearby Tadpole Creek since you're here at Beacroft Trail.
This place, the Northern Sierra Nevada, has so much outdoors fun things. Get covered with water paddling on Yuba River - South Fork.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 39.1936, Longitude -120.5676
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 4.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.8 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 2690 feet
Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City
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21 miles away
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Squaw Valley Lodge, Squaw Valley
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23 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Beacroft Trail. |
| | Trails Near Beacroft Trail:
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American River Trail, Placer
County
, 2 miles away, 18.2 hiking miles, 3290 feet elevation difference |
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Big Valley Trail, Placer
County
, 3 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 1052 feet elevation difference |
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Big Granite Trail, Placer
County
, 4 miles away, 18.4 hiking miles, 3896 feet elevation difference |
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Mumford Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 4 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 3289 feet elevation difference |
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Sugar Pine Point Trail, Placer
County
, 4 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 392 feet elevation difference |
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Mears Lake Valley Trail, Placer
County
, 4 miles away, 2.1 hiking miles, 863 feet elevation difference |
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Sailor Flat Trail, Placer
County
, 5 miles away, 7.6 hiking miles, 2534 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Beacroft Trail:
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American River - North Fork, Placer County
County
, 6 miles away, Class IV-V - 12.3 miles long (Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar) |
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Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer County
County
, 6 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir) |
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Fordyce Creek, Nevada County
County
, 8 miles away, Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding) |
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Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer County
County
, 8 miles away, Class IV-V - 5.2 miles long (Kingvale to Cisco Grove) |
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| | Hotels Near Beacroft Trail:
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Rainbow Lodge, Soda Springs
, 7 miles away |
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Hoyfjellet Lodge, Soda Springs
, 10 miles away |
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Shinneyboo Creek Cabin Resort, Soda Springs
, 10 miles away |
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Always Inn Tahoe Bed and Breakfast, Soda Springs
, 15 miles away |
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Dutch Flat Hotel, Dutch Flat
, 19 miles away |
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