Grand View Loop

Grand View Loop: 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 Grand View Loop

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 Grand View Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.85721, -119.81399. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Grand View Loop

• Jobs Canyon · viewpoint · Douglas · ~6 km · Must-see
• Freel Peak · viewpoint · Douglas · ~9 km · Must-see
• Freel Peak · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~9 km · Must-see
• East Peak · viewpoint · Douglas · ~16 km · Must-see
• Hope Valley · viewpoint · Douglas · ~17 km · Must-see
• Daggett Pass · viewpoint · Douglas · ~18 km · Must-see
• Grover Hot Springs · sanctuary · Douglas · ~23 km · Must-see
• Echo Summit · viewpoint · Douglas · ~24 km · Must-see
• Stevens Peak · viewpoint · Douglas · ~25 km · Must-see
• Red Lake Peak · lake · Douglas · ~27 km · Must-see
• Fallen Leaf Lake · lake · El Dorado · ~28 km · Must-see
• Talking Mountain · viewpoint · Douglas · ~28 km · Must-see
• Talking Mountain · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~28 km · Must-see
• Fallen Leaf Lake · lake · Douglas · ~28 km · Must-see
• Angora Peak · viewpoint · Douglas · ~28 km · Must-see
• Angora Peak · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~28 km · Must-see
• Echo Peak · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~28 km · Must-see
• Echo Lake · lake · Douglas · ~28 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Grand View Loop

Other treks near Grand View Loop

• Tahoe Rim Trail · trek · El Dorado · ~36 km · Must-see
• PCT - California Section J · trek · Alpine · ~38 km
• PCT - California Section K · trek · Placer · ~50 km
• PCT - California Section L · trek · Sierra · ~108 km
• PCT - California Section I · trek · Tuolumne · ~110 km
• Jeffrey Pine Trail · trek · Alpine · ~1 km
• Bitter Cherry Trail · trek · Alpine · ~1 km
• Appaloosa Trail · trek · Alpine · ~1 km
• Lonesome Trail · trek · Alpine · ~1 km
• Gray's Crossing Trail · trek · Alpine · ~40 km

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