Nevada trails · Gods Pocket Peak
Gods Pocket Peak
A 11.1-mile out-and-back in Nevada, with 1,156 ft of climbing. Reaches Gods Pocket Peak. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 52% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 3.7. It gives back about 2,310 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Gods Pocket Peak (summit)
Getting there
Hummingbird Springs Trailhead — parking nearby. About 4 h 57 min drive (135 mi, 37 of them unpaved) from Elko. 41.83826, -115.23732 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:23 a.m., the sun rises at 6:51 a.m. and sets at 6:01 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:29 p.m. (PDT) — 11 h 09 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 22.1-mile round trip takes roughly 9 h 21 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:13 p.m. — 1 h 48 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Jarbidge River Trail — 9.4 mi