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This is a nice run on single track (unless we choose to add the road section). Mud Lake itself was formed as a reservoir when a dam was built over 100 years ago. It is usually dry in summer so its effectiveness is questionable. Mud Lake's main claim to fame is that NASA test pilot Jack McKay crashed the second X15 into the lake bed in 1962. There is also a very old cemetery tucked into the sand and sagebrush on the west side of the hill.

Dog friendly but beware - the dry ditch on the right at the start is FULL of dangerous garbage: glass, metal, etc

Restroom facilities only as nature provides: Rocks and sagebrush.

From southbound SR 88, turn Left onto Kimmerling Way. Just over 1.5 miles later you will reach Tillman Lane, just past the post office on your right. We generally meet in the Silver Strike parking lot on the right, just before Tillman, and decide whether or not to drive to the trailhead or run the extra half mile down the road.

We usually carpool from Stateline Burger King.