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Granite Lake & Maggie's Peaks route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
California

Granite Lake & Maggie's Peaks

Tahoma, California

3.6 mi

Distance

1,736 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 5m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Granite Lake & Maggie's Peaks unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:2,119 ft
Max:2,631 ft
Gain:529 ft
Loss:529 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,119 ft and 2,631 ft across 3.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,119 ft2,290 ft2,460 ft2,631 ft0.0 mi0.9 mi1.8 mi2.7 mi3.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,119 ft
High point1.8 mi2,631 ft
End3.6 mi2,119 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
South Lake Tahoe, CA · about 5 mi away
County:
El Dorado County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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