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| | Every backcountry hiking trail in California is worth trekking. If you are in California during backcountry backpacking season you have to go backcountry backpacking. There are backcountry hiking trails all over California, and one of these is Green Valley Trail in Placer County. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 2,371 feet, and that is about average. This backcountry walk shouldn't take more than 4.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Don’t forget to check for any current |
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restrictions or closures before you go. With its 5.6 miles of walking distance it's a mid length trek. For the period of the long summer days here at Green Valley Trail, high temperatures usually reach the 90's while night lows are generally in the 60's. Throughout the winter highs
| | are generally in the 50's, and winter nights come with lows in the 30's to Green Valley Trail. Green Valley Trail is not that long but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Sometimes this backpacking and hiking trail gets really dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. This backpacking and hiking trail goes through some very different elevations, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. Lots of rain falls at Green Valley Trail; the month | |
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of January is the wettest with most of the rain while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. The length of this hiking trail is about average, and it's pretty flat a magnificent great outdoors trail for an easy stroll for the whole family. Gotta get out of the
town man, and Green Valley Trail in Placer County, California is nature at its best. The hiking trails of the Northern Sierra Nevada are a really brilliant way to spend quality time in the great outdoors. Green Valley Trail is situated a quite lengthy journey from Truckee-Grass
Valley, but there's magnificent natural splendor right here for you along it. Green Valley Trail is a two ended hiking trail with two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can hike it just one way. Here in the splendid state of California trekking is a nice idea.
This is just one of a large number of great outdoors trails in this region.
Briefly about the general area:
McIntyre Gulch is a good place to spend some time at, and Green Valley Trail is a place with many visitors from Truckee-Grass Valley. Now, you may believe that's
plenty but there's even more enjoyable stuff to do here at Green Valley Trail. Stay the night at Monzarita Day Use Campground, and get your heart pumping on the fine whitewater of American River - North Fork.
This river is so perfect. Visit Forbes Creek if you're here at Green
Valley Trail, and why not check out Iron Point also since you're here. Pagge Creek is a beautiful stream that is worth going to; you can run the rapids of American River - Middle Fork. There's no way someone can get bored here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Everybody loves Succor
Flat. There's so much to do here at Green Valley Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Forbes Campground is a wonderful place for that.
Yep, outdoors fun stuff truly is abundant here in the Northern Sierra Nevada.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 39.1548, Longitude -120.7856
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 39.1813, Longitude -120.7786
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 2.8 miles
Total climbing distance = .2 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 2.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 5.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.7 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 5.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.7 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3 hours
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Total elevation difference: 2371 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Green Valley Trail. |
| | Trails Near Green Valley Trail:
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Euchre Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 3 miles away, 3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference |
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American Eagle Trail, Placer
County
, 5 miles away, 1.8 hiking miles, 190 feet elevation difference |
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Italian Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 8 miles away, 4 hiking miles, 2437 feet elevation difference |
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Bake Oven Trail, Placer
County
, 9 miles away, 9 hiking miles, 2032 feet elevation difference |
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Burnett Canyon Trail, Placer
County
, 10 miles away, 1.1 hiking miles, 753 feet elevation difference |
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Mumford Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 11 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 3289 feet elevation difference |
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Eagle Bird Trail, Nevada
County
, 12 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 1371 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Green Valley Trail:
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American River - North Fork, Placer County
County
, 4 miles away, Class IV-V - 14.5 miles long (Euchre Bar to Colfax-Iowa Hill Road) |
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American River - Middle Fork, Placer County
County
, 9 miles away, Class IV-V - 2.1 miles long (Mosquito Ridge Road to confluence with Middle Fork) |
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American River - North Fork, Placer County
County
, 9 miles away, Class IV-V - 12.3 miles long (Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar) |
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American River - North Fork, Placer County
County
, 10 miles away, Class IV-V - 4.8 miles long (Colfax-Iowa Hill Road to Colfax-Foresthill Road Bridge) |
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American River - North Fork, Placer County
County
, 12 miles away, Class II-III - 5 miles long (Colfax-Foresthill Road Bridge to Ponderosa Way Bridge) |
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| | Hotels Near Green Valley Trail:
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Dutch Flat Hotel, Dutch Flat
, 4 miles away |
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Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City
, 11 miles away |
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Georgetown Hilltop Motel, Georgetown
, 14 miles away |
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Hilltop Motel, Georgetown
, 14 miles away |
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Red Castle Inn, Nevada City
, 17 miles away |
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