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Best Hiking Trails near South Lake Tahoe, California



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Explore hiking trails around South Lake Tahoe, California. The best hike near South Lake Tahoe is Tahoe Rim Trail: a Trail Like No Other via Tamarack Lake Trail and Tahoe Rim Trail, a 1.5 mile oneway in Toiyabe National Forest.


  • Hiking Trails (1,739)
  • Parks & Forests (31)
  1. 1
    Tahoe Rim Trail: a Trail Like No Other via Tamarack Lake Trail and Tahoe Rim Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 1.5 mi
  2. 2
    Third Creek Pond via Tahoe Rim Trail and National Forest Development Road 051
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 10.1 mi
  3. 3
    White Hill via Tahoe Rim Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 17.6 mi
  4. 4
    Peter Grubb Hut via Pacific Crest Trail and Castle Valley North Road
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 13.5 mi
  5. 5
    Ophir Creek Trailhead via Tahoe Rim Trail
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 10.6 mi
  6. 6
    Cathedral Lake via Mount Tallac Trailhead
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 7.7 mi
  7. 7
    Castle Valley North Road and Castle Peak Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.9 mi
  8. 8
    Mount Tallac via Mount Tallac Trailhead
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 4.5 mi
  9. 9
    Stawberry to Pyramid
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 6.2 mi
  10. 10
    Third Creek Pond Loop via Tahoe Rim Trail
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 9.9 mi

Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest
Tahoe National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest
Plumas National Forest
Desolation Wilderness
Hoover Wilderness
Emigrant Wilderness
Auburn State Recreation Area
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness
Mokelumne Wilderness
Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Mount Rose Wilderness
Donner Memorial State Park
Granite Chief Wilderness
Emerald Bay State Park
Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park
South Yuba River State Park
Burton Creek State Park
Van Sickle Bi-State Park
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Grover Hot Springs State Park
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Washoe Lake State Park
Wovoka Wilderness
Fort Churchill State Historic Park
Dayton State Park Historic Mill Site
Lahontan State Recreation Area
Back Forty National Park
Van Sickle Bi-State Park
Cave Rock State Park