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| | When you're here in California backcountry backpacking along one of its backpacking trails is the wonderful thing to do. There are so many wonderful backpacking trails for backcountry backpacking in California; one of them being Cleghorn Bar Trail in Plumas County. This part of California is always a pleasure to go to during backcountry backpacking season. We all need to get out in the outdoors once in a while, and Cleghorn Bar Trail in Plumas County, California is such a good spot. Some parts of this hiking trail are much higher up than other parts of |
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the hiking trail, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. The number of hiking trails in this vicinity is not very high. Even though this is not a very long hiking trail it's always tremendous to bring some emergency supplies, you never know
| | what could happen. There are numerous backpacking trails in California, and each one is worth backcountry backpacking. The time needed for this backcountry walk is roughly 5 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Sometimes this hiking trail gets really dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. There is only one trailhead, so you'll be hiking it in and back out. Cleghorn Bar Trail is not very close to Truckee-Grass Valley at all, but it's one | |
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of those spots where backcountry backpacking is tremendous. Backpacking and hiking trails like this one here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are a very wonderful way to see these highlands. At Cleghorn Bar Trail throughout the summertime months highs are in the 80's with night lows
in the 40's. Daytime highs throughout the wintertime are in the 30's, and after the sun is down throughout the wintertime temperatures at Cleghorn Bar Trail fall into the 20's. Cleghorn Bar Trail is a normal length backcountry hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance
which makes this a very tough hiking trail for advanced walkers looking for a fine challenge. From a rainfall point of view Cleghorn Bar Trail is a quite common site; through January this vicinity sees the most snow, and the driest month is July. The total elevation difference
for Cleghorn Bar Trail is 2,074 feet which is an average number. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. With its 6 miles of walking distance it's an average length hiking trail.
Briefly about the general area:
If only every site
had this much outdoors entertaining stuff, what a great globe it would be. So much cool stuff in the Northern Sierra Nevada, just extraordinary. Stay the night at Black Rock Campground, and get wet paddling on Feather River - South Fork.
Paddling on Feather River - Middle
Fork is so much fun; you could always look at Cleghorn Bar. While you're here at Cleghorn Bar Trail it's a pleasant idea to have a look at Sawmill Flat, and some close by water includes Sawmill Tom Creek. Cleghorn Bar Campground is a good campground nearby, and Fish Creek is one of the streams nearby that might be worth checking out.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 39.8042, Longitude -120.9811
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 6 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 2074 feet
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26 miles away
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29 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Truckee-Grass Valley, California, the metro area neareast to Cleghorn Bar Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Cleghorn Bar Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, Plumas County, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Cleghorn Bar Trail. |
| | Trails Near Cleghorn Bar Trail:
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Claremont Trail, Plumas
County
, 5 miles away, 2.3 hiking miles, 1051 feet elevation difference |
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Finger Board Trail, Plumas
County
, 6 miles away, 6.4 hiking miles, 3226 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Cleghorn Bar Trail:
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Feather River - Middle Fork, Plumas/ Butte County
County
, 5 miles away, Class V+ - 32.5 miles long (Nelson Point to Milsap Bridge) |
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Feather River - South Fork, Plumas County
County
, 8 miles away, Class IV - 8.3 miles long (Little Grass Valley Reservoir to South Fork Diversion Dam) |
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Indian Creek Feather Tributary, Plumas County
County
, 14 miles away, Class V - 5.5 miles long (Close to Crescent Mills to Spanish Creek) |
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Feather River - Middle Fork, Plumas County
County
, 14 miles away, Class II-III - 6.5 miles long (Sloat to Nelson Point) |
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Yuba River - North Fork, Sierra County
County
, 15 miles away, Class IV - 8.5 miles long (Goodyears Bar Bridge to Highway 49 Bridge) |
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| | Hotels Near Cleghorn Bar Trail:
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Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City
, 26 miles away |
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Nevada City Inn, Nevada City
, 29 miles away |
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Piety Hill Cottages, Nevada City
, 29 miles away |
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Best Western Gold Country Inn, Grass Valley
, 30 miles away |
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Chalet View Lodge, Graeagle
, 30 miles away |
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