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| | Wilderness trails are magnificent and plentiful in California, and one of those is Eureka Lake Trail in Plumas County. If you are in California during backcountry backpacking season you have to go backcountry backpacking. You'll have to go far from Truckee-Grass Valley to get to Eureka Lake Trail, but when you spend some time trekking here you will feel like a whole new person. An average amount of rainfall falls at Eureka Lake Trail; through January this area sees the most rain while July is regularly the driest month. Eureka Lake Trail has a total |
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elevation difference of 1,203 feet which is about average. Even though this is not a very long backcountry trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Every great outdoors hiking trail in California is pretty in its own way. This is a region
| | covered with lots of great outdoors hiking trails. If you happen to be in California, why not go backpacking, it is something that is always fun to do. At Eureka Lake Trail through the warm months highs are in the 90's, and throughout the night it cools down to the 40's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 40's with temperatures at Eureka Lake Trail dipping down into the 20's throughout winter nights. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Eureka Lake Trail in Plumas County, California is a good choice. There's not much | |
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difference in elevation along the backcountry hiking trail, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your walk. This is a two-ended wilderness hiking trail with two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can backcountry walk it just one way.
And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site. These hiking trails here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are the best way to enjoy these mountains. The time needed for this hike is roughly 2.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could
get stuck so be prepared for that. At parts of the year this vicinity sees very little rain, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Being 2.8 miles long it's shorter than many backcountry hiking trails.
This hiking trail is a very short hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors hiking trail brilliant for the average backcountry trekker looking for a cool adventure.
Briefly about the general area:
Eureka Lake Trail is good
enough to spend more than a day at, Ross Campground is a good local campground. Man, is there a lot of exciting stuff to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Some of the water close by flows, like Little Jamison Creek, and get soaked paddling on Feather River - Middle Fork.
Eureka
Lake Trail is in the vicinity of Florentine Canyon which is undeniably worth visiting. There's so much to do here at Eureka Lake Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Upper Jamison Campground is a nice place for that.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 39.7499, Longitude -120.7294
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 39.764, Longitude -120.7136
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 1.4 miles
Total climbing distance = .1 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
.5 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 1.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 2.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 2.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 1203 feet
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23 miles away
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| These outdoors activities are available near Eureka Lake Trail. |
| | Trails Near Eureka Lake Trail:
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Pacific Crest Trail - section 15,
County
, 6 miles away, 109.3 hiking miles, 6884 feet elevation difference |
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Butcher Ranch Trail, Sierra
County
, 7 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 2125 feet elevation difference |
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Deer Lake Trail, Sierra
County
, 8 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 1145 feet elevation difference |
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Third Divide Trail, Sierra
County
, 8 miles away, 2.5 hiking miles, 2062 feet elevation difference |
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Second Divide Trail, Sierra
County
, 9 miles away, 7.2 hiking miles, 1442 feet elevation difference |
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Finger Board Trail, Plumas
County
, 14 miles away, 6.4 hiking miles, 3226 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Eureka Lake Trail:
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Chalet View Lodge, Graeagle
, 12 miles away |
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Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City
, 23 miles away |
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Nevada City Inn, Nevada City
, 33 miles away |
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Piety Hill Cottages, Nevada City
, 34 miles away |
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SUPER 8 MOTEL - SUSANVILLE, Susanville
, 34 miles away |
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