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Difficulty: EasyOut and Back
Pine Flat Lake — Deer Creek Recreation Area/California

Pine Flat Reservoir

Sanger, California

1.7 mi

Distance

381 ft

Elev. Gain

34m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Pine Flat Reservoir 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.

US Army Corps of Engineers manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:271 ft
Max:296 ft
Gain:116 ft
Loss:116 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 271 ft and 296 ft across 1.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.271 ft279 ft288 ft296 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.9 mi1.3 mi1.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi292 ft
High point0.0 mi296 ft
End1.7 mi292 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

Managed by US Army Corps of Engineers

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Minkler, CA · about 10 mi away
County:
Fresno County, CA
Jurisdiction:
Pine Flat Lake — Deer Creek Recreation Area · US Army Corps of Engineers

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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