Coe HQ to Hoover Lake and back |
Miles |
Total |
Pct. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0% |
1 |
From Coe HQ, head out on Monument Trail |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.2% |
2 |
Turn right on Ponderosa Trail and go to the Coe Monument (pay
respects to Big Henry) |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.6% |
3 |
After visiting the monument, turn left on Hobbs Road |
0.5 |
0.9 |
3.6% |
4 |
Turn left on Manzanita Point Road |
0.2 |
1.1 |
4.4% |
5 |
Turn left them immediate right onto Forest View Trail |
1.2 |
2.3 |
9.2% |
6 |
Cross Poverty Flat Road and turn left on Manzanita Point Road |
0.8 |
3.1 |
12.4% |
7 |
Turn left on China Hole Trail and take it all the way down to
The Hole |
2.6 |
5.7 |
22.8% |
8 |
Turn left and go through the Narrows to Los Cruzeros |
1.0 |
6.7 |
26.8% |
9 |
Continue to the left along the creek (or go left on Mahoney
Meadows Road) |
0.2 |
6.9 |
27.6% |
10 |
Bear right and head up the Willow Ridge Trail |
1.6 |
8.5 |
34.0% |
11 |
Catch your breath, then turn right on Willow Ridge Road |
1.6 |
10.1 |
40.4% |
12 |
Turn left onto the unmarked1 trail and follow it to the north end of Hoover Lake |
0.3 |
10.4 |
41.6% |
13 |
Continue around and down the east bank of the lake |
0.2 |
10.6 |
42.4% |
14 |
Turn left and up a small rise to the airstrip, and continue on
to the other end of the strip |
0.5 |
11.1 |
44.4% |
15 |
Turn right and head back to Willow Ridge Road |
0.2 |
11.3 |
45.2% |
16 |
Turn left on Willow Ridge Road |
0.9 |
12.2 |
48.8% |
17 |
Turn right on the unmarked2 George Milias Trail and head down into the canyon |
0.8 |
13.0 |
52.0% |
18 |
Turn right on the Cross Canyon Trail, follow it along the creek,
then up to Mahoney Ridge |
3.0 |
16.0 |
64.0% |
19 |
Catch your breath, then turn right on Mahoney Meadows Road |
2.0 |
18.0 |
72.0% |
20 |
Turn left on China Hole Trail and head back down to The Hole |
2.1 |
20.1 |
80.4% |
21 |
Turn left along the creek and follow the (inaccurately named)
Mile Trail3 |
1.2 |
21.3 |
85.2% |
22 |
Head up the Madrone Soda Springs Trail |
1.0 |
22.3 |
89.2% |
23 |
Catch your breath (almost done!), then turn left on Manzanita
Point Road |
0.8 |
23.1 |
92.4% |
24 |
Turn left on Springs Trail |
1.3 |
24.4 |
97.6% |
25 |
Continue on to Corral Trail back to HQ |
0.6 |
25.0 |
100.0% |
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1 |
There is a pole marking the turnoff, but with no
"official" sign for Hoover Lake - possibly a laminated handmade
sign |
2 |
There is no marker. Look for a sharp right turn heading
down. It's easy to miss, so pay
attention! |
3 |
Initially follow the sign for Coe HQ, then
follow the sign towards Madrone (beware of poison oak!) |
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