River Trail

River Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit River Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach River Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.70379, -119.12702. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near River Trail

• Altha Lake · lake · Mineral · ~2 km · Must-see
• San Joaquin Mountain · viewpoint · Mineral · ~3 km · Must-see
• Cabin Lake · lake · Mineral · ~4 km · Must-see
• Thousand Island Lake · lake · Madera · ~6 km · Must-see
• Thousand Island Lake · lake · Mineral · ~6 km · Must-see
• Agnew Lake · lake · Mineral · ~7 km · Must-see
• Ritter Pass · viewpoint · Mineral · ~8 km · Must-see
• Minaret Summit · viewpoint · Mono · ~10 km · Must-see
• Ansel Adams Wilderness · sanctuary · Madera · ~13 km · Must-see
• Devils Postpile National Monument · sanctuary · Madera · ~13 km · Must-see
• Mammoth Mountain · viewpoint · Mono · ~15 km · Must-see
• Blacktop Peak Glacier · viewpoint · Mineral · ~15 km · Must-see
• Rodgers Peak · viewpoint · Madera · ~15 km · Must-see
• Electra Peak · viewpoint · Madera · ~15 km · Must-see
• Mount Andrea Lawrence · viewpoint · Mono · ~15 km · Must-see
• Rodgers Pass · viewpoint · Mineral · ~15 km · Must-see
• Donohue Peak · viewpoint · Mono · ~15 km · Must-see
• Donohue Pass · viewpoint · Mineral · ~16 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of River Trail

Other treks near River Trail

• Four Mile Trail · trek · Mariposa · ~51 km · Must-see
• John Muir Trail · trek · Fresno · ~71 km · Must-see
• Theodore Solomons Trail · trek · Fresno · ~98 km · Must-see
• Half Dome Trail · trek · Mariposa · ~44 km
• Mist Trail · trek · Mariposa · ~46 km
• Panorama Trail · trek · Mariposa · ~47 km
• Pohono Trail · trek · Mariposa · ~56 km
• PCT - California Section I · trek · Tuolumne · ~69 km
• PCT - California Section H · trek · Fresno · ~74 km
• PCT - California Section J · trek · Alpine · ~145 km

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