Hell Hole Trail

Hell Hole 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 Hell Hole 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 Hell Hole Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.09832, -120.31843. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hell Hole Trail

• Granite Chief Wilderness · sanctuary · Placer · ~6 km · Must-see
• Hell Hole Reservoir · lake · Placer · ~8 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Placer · ~10 km · Must-see
• Washeshu Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~13 km · Must-see
• French Meadows Reservoir · lake · Placer · ~14 km · Must-see
• Loon Lake · lake · El Dorado · ~14 km · Must-see
• Granite Chief · viewpoint · Placer · ~14 km · Must-see
• Needle Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lyon Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~15 km · Must-see
• Francis Lake · lake · El Dorado · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lost Corner Mountain · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~17 km · Must-see
• Chapel of the Transfiguration · church · Placer · ~20 km · Must-see
• Tells Peak · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~20 km · Must-see
• Tinker Knob · viewpoint · Placer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park · sanctuary · El Dorado · ~21 km · Must-see
• McConnell Peak · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~22 km · Must-see
• Anderson Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~22 km · Must-see
• Middle Mountain · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~25 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Hell Hole Trail

Other treks near Hell Hole Trail

• Tahoe Rim Trail · trek · El Dorado · ~29 km · Must-see
• PCT - California Section K · trek · Placer · ~15 km
• PCT - California Section L · trek · Sierra · ~51 km
• PCT - California Section J · trek · Alpine · ~89 km
• PCT - California Section M · trek · Plumas · ~117 km
• ADT - California - T - Seg 2 · trek · Placer · ~10 km
• Rubicon Trail (16E30.2) · trek · El Dorado · ~13 km
• Stanford Rock Trail · trek · Placer · ~14 km
• Granite Chief Trail · trek · Placer · ~16 km
• ADT - California - T - Seg 1 · trek · Placer · ~29 km

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