Pacific Crest Trail: CA Section 28
QUINCY-LAPORTE ROAD to OROVILLE-QUINCY HIGHWAY: This 29.8-mile leg skirts crumbled lava flows and the churning Middle Fork Feather River, where delightful riverside pools offer ample sunbathing and swimming.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 47.9
Waypoints
PCT740
Location: 39.7822341918945, -120.891571044922
Paved Quincy-Laporte Rd.; parking is available; PCT continues up side road due N
PCT742
Location: 39.7818183898926, -120.902870178223
Resume trail tread after walking the road
PCT743
Location: 39.7701988220215, -120.961616516113
White gravel road
PCT744
Location: 39.7669830322266, -120.98518371582
Trail to Little Grass Valley Reservoir
PCT745
Location: 39.76806640625, -120.989067077637
Cross dirt road
PCT746
Location: 39.7792663574219, -121.006401062012
Dirt road with water to L
PCT747
Location: 39.7848320007324, -121.003631591797
Fowler Lake road
PCT748
Location: 39.7956504821777, -121.036231994629
Wide dirt road
PCT749
Location: 39.804084777832, -121.046012878418
Wide dirt road
PCT750
Location: 39.8047981262207, -121.042602539062
Trail junction with a spring nearby
PCT751
Location: 39.8074340820312, -121.045379638672
Bridge over North Fork Feather River; great swimming on S side and beach camping on N side
PCT752
Location: 39.808349609375, -121.055816650391
Cross dirt road
PCT753
Location: 39.817268371582, -121.06746673584
Creek
PCT754
Location: 39.821231842041, -121.07869720459
Bear Creek
PCT755
Location: 39.8158493041992, -121.079551696777
Creek
PCT756
Location: 39.8117179870606, -121.08903503418
Creek
PCT757
Location: 39.8165168762207, -121.09561920166
Creek
PCT758
Location: 39.8175315856934, -121.095352172852
Spring
PCT759
Location: 39.8302001953125, -121.111846923828
Spring
PCT760
Location: 39.8336486816406, -121.114486694336
Lookout Rock
PCT761
Location: 39.8420333862305, -121.117530822754
Dirt road intersection
PCT762
Location: 39.8525161743164, -121.13330078125
Dirt road intersection
PCT763
Location: 39.857982635498, -121.134033203125
Creeklet
PCT764
Location: 39.8585014343262, -121.131950378418
Big Creek Road and creek
PCT765
Location: 39.8615989685059, -121.128196716309
Cross dirt road
PCT766
Location: 39.8633346557617, -121.125915527344
Creeklet
PCT767
Location: 39.8699684143066, -121.126449584961
Creeklet
PCT768
Location: 39.8717651367188, -121.122230529785
Creeklet
PCT769
Location: 39.8757019042969, -121.119750976562
Creek
PCT770
Location: 39.8839340209961, -121.116996765137
Trickling spring
PCT771
Location: 39.8990287780762, -121.120277404785
Bucks Summit on Oroville-Quincy Hwy;
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North Fork Feather River
Location: 39.8076210021973, -121.044723510742
©Jack Haskel
Peak view
Location: 39.7831039428711, -121.00048828125
©Jack Haskel
Lake basin and snowfield
Location: 39.7893753051758, -121.008720397949
©Jack Haskel