Sweet Water Trail

January 15, 2012 in California, Folsom, Sweet Water Trail, Trail Reviews

Take highway 50 until you come to Eldorado Hills. Take the Eldorado Hills blvd. exit and head north. Stay on this road it will turn in to Salmon Falls Rd. You will travel down this road for about 10 to 15 minutes before you come across Salmon Falls Bridge. On your left hand side right before the bridge is free parking. Across the bridge on both your right and left side you can find paid parking areas. The right side has bathroom but the parking spot and bathrooms are not always open.

  • Highest Elevation: 607  ft (Elevation info is off. GPS was acting funny during trail ride.)
  • Lowest Elevation: 100 ft
  • Trail length:  6.2 miles (rough estimate if you go out and back)
  • Time:  1 Hr 20 minutes (average rider)
  • Rating:  7 out of 10
  • Intermediate

This is a short trail and it is an easy out and back. However you can connect up with Salmon Falls Trail and make it a much longer ride if you would like to get some distance in. There is two places you can park and they are both free at each entrance.  Both of them are on Salmon Falls Road and if you go past Salmon Falls Bridge you went to far. The trail has a little bit of a roller coaster effect and some technical challenges throughout. It overlooks the lake in several spots and has nice scenery. I think this trail would have rated an 8 if it was a little longer. If you are a beginner you will have no problem making this ride.