Horseshoe Bend other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 14–26 °C (57–79 °F)
- J14°3°177
- F15°4°165
- M17°5°148
- A21°8°81
- M26°12°37
- J31°16°12
- J35°19°4
- A34°19°2
- S31°16°14
- O25°12°53
- N18°7°97
- D14°3°155
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 7.2 km · 4.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Sierra Nevada (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.2 km N of Auberry (Fresno County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.1308, -119.4698
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
More trails in the Sierra Nevada
All 1,451 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreRidgeline
2.7 mi · 4.3 km · Sierra National Forest
Pa'san Ridge Trail
5.3 mi · 8.5 km · California
Wuh-ki'o Trail
6 mi · 10 km · California
Whiskey
12 mi · 19 km · Sierra National Forest
Brown Creek
12 mi · 20 km · Sierra National Forest
Goat Mountain Trail
13 mi · 21 km · Sierra National Forest
All trails in California → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →