National Recreation TrailTRT

Tahoe Rim Trail

The Tahoe Rim Trail is a roughly 165-mile loop encircling the Lake Tahoe Basin through California and Nevada, climbing the Sierra Nevada and Carson Range ridgelines with about 24,400 feet of total ele...

Length
72.5 mi
Thru-hike
7–14 days
Elev. gain
24,400 ft
States
2

About the route

The Tahoe Rim Trail is a roughly 165-mile loop encircling the Lake Tahoe Basin through California and Nevada, climbing the Sierra Nevada and Carson Range ridgelines with about 24,400 feet of total elevation gain. About 50 miles overlap with the Pacific Crest Trail along Tahoe's western rim.

Trailhead

Common start

Tahoe Meadows Trailhead (common start)

39.3072, -119.9076

Verified waypoints

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Route markers2
  • Echo Summit · Intersection

    Common alternate start and PCT junction at Highway 50.

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  • Tahoe Meadows Trailhead · Trailhead

    Common loop start north of Lake Tahoe, NV.

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Water & camping43
  • Fallen Leaf Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Desolation Wilderness - Aloha Zone · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • SNO Echo Lake · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Eagle Point Campground - Emerald Bay State Park · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Goose Meadows · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Emerald Bay State Park · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Bear Lake Rd. Dispersed · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Hope Valley Resort & Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Toiyabe National Forest Hope Valley Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Kit Carson Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Scotts Lake Rd Dispersed Camping · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Granite Chief Wilderness - Dispersed · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Tahoe SRA · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Lovers Leap Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Wrights Lake · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Campground by the Lake · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Silver Creek-truckee · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • William Kent Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Nevada Beach Campground and Day Use Pavilion · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Woods Lake Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Hope Valley Sno-Park · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Caples Lake Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Bayview Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Davis Creek Regional Park · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Meeks Bay Resort · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Meeks Bay · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Red Fir · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Pleasant Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Lake Tahoe - East Shore · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Nevada Beach Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Kirkwood Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Meeks Bay Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Wylder Hope Valley · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Fallen Leaf Campground - South Lake Tahoe · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Lake Forest Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Hope Valley Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Silver Creek Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Camp Richardson Resort & Marina · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Fallen Leaf Campground - South Lake Tahoe · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Camp Richardson Resort & Marina · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Fallen Leaf Campground - South Lake Tahoe · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Zephyr Cove Resort · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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  • Kaspian Campground · Campsite

    Verified campground near the route.

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Views1
  • Relay Peak · Summit

    Highest point on the TRT — 10,338 ft.

    10,308 ftSource ↗adventures_seed

What we don't yet have

We deliberately do not display water sources, resupply towns, shuttle services, or trail-side businesses on this page. Those change every season and an out-of-date pin can be a safety issue, especially on the high-desert and alpine sections of long trails. Use the trail association's published guide, FarOut, or Guthook for that level of detail; verify with rangers before relying on any cached source.

Official sources

Last verified by us: 2026-05-16

Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Reconfirm alerts, permits, and closures with the agency before you go.

Best seasons

summerfall

States traversed

CANV

Editor's note

Loop trail. Common alternative starts: Echo Lake, Brockway Summit, Tahoe City, Kingsbury Grade, Spooner Summit.