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Pacific Crest Trail

A long-distance path in the United States: 2,559 mi (4,119 km) with 937,156 ft (285,645 m) of ascent, about 150 days on foot.

Distance
2,559 mi (4,119 km)
Ascent
937,156 ft (285,645 m)
Days
150
High point
13,215 ft (4,028 m)
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The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. Where the mapping has gaps (4 km), the line is drawn by our router along mapped paths: check those stretches against the waymarks. See the source.

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Pacific Crest Trail
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The trail

The Pacific Crest Trail runs from the Mexican border at Campo, California, to the Canadian border at Manning Park, British Columbia, through the deserts of southern California, the Sierra Nevada, Oregon and the Cascades of Washington. The Pacific Crest Trail Association gives 2,650 miles (4,265 km); the line here, from OpenStreetMap, measures 4,119 km. Anyone walking more than 500 miles needs the association's long-distance permit, and snow, fire closures and water decide the season: read the association's pages before you go.

Summits on the way

  • Castle Rocks 8,583 ft (2,616 m) · 179 mi from the start
  • Mount Baden-Powell 9,383 ft (2,860 m) · 358 mi from the start
  • Mount Burnham 8,990 ft (2,740 m) · 359 mi from the start
  • Throop Peak 9,117 ft (2,779 m) · 360 mi from the start
  • Mount Hawkins 8,783 ft (2,677 m) · 361 mi from the start
  • Red Cones 9,009 ft (2,746 m) · 867 mi from the start
  • Puppy Dome 8,799 ft (2,682 m) · 905 mi from the start
  • The Nipple 9,341 ft (2,847 m) · 1,024 mi from the start
  • Tinker Knob 8,901 ft (2,713 m) · 1,098 mi from the start
  • Anderson Peak 8,681 ft (2,646 m) · 1,099 mi from the start

The listed hills and the highest of 28 tops within 300 m of the line. The app shows them all. Summits from OpenStreetMap.

Start and finish

Start: near Campo, San Diego County. 32.58973, -116.46698

Finish: near Area H (Manning Park/Tulameen/Siwash), Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. 49.06324, -120.78754

Directions to the start

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Places to stay

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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.

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