View from the summit of the Sunset Trail 

Features: Meadows, pine forests.

Length: 4.0 miles one way.

Elevation gain/loss: +300'

Hiking time: 2 hours.

Users: Hikers only.

Difficulty: Easy.

Best time of year: Any time, but fall foliage spectacular in places.

Potable water: None.

Access point: Southern trailhead is across from the Meadows Information Kiosk near the 19 Mile Marker on Sunrise Highway.

Description: The trail starts in relatively open pine/oak woodland, skirts the Laguna Meadow, crosses Water of the Woods on a man-made dam, climbs into denser pine forest to a high point with spectacular views west, then descends and terminates at the Big Laguna Trail at the northern edge of Laguna Meadow.