The 2023 guide gives a six-mile round trip and a separate half-mile parking-to-trail walk; the 2012/2018 reports give three miles one way. Kennedy Lake is reported as 7.5 miles by the 2012 table and an undated riding operator. No arithmetic resolves parking inclusion or precise endpoint. Confirm intended start before using these reports.

Open question. The following evidence does not resolve this gap. Use the recorded question and reason to understand what needs confirmation.

Claims and evidence

Published approach distance report

Distance convention
one way
Endpoint precision
unspecified
Not atomic distance
Yes
Reported miles
7.5
Source edition
2012-06
Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-route-emigrant-kennedy-meadows-kennedy-lake

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    2012-06 mileage-table: Kennedy Meadows to Kennedy Lake is reported as 7.5 miles (one way). Precise endpoint and parking inclusion are not resolved.

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest

Published approach distance report

Distance convention
round trip
Endpoint precision
unspecified
Not atomic distance
Yes
Reported miles
6
Source edition
2023
Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-route-emigrant-kennedy-meadows-relief-reservoir

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    2023 traveler-2023: Kennedy Meadows to Relief Reservoir is reported as 6 miles (round trip). Precise endpoint and parking inclusion are not resolved.

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest

Reported access walk distance

From
trailhead parking lot
Inclusion in destination total
unknown
Not added to destination reports
Yes
Reported miles
0.5
To
trail start at south end of main road
Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-route-emigrant-kennedy-meadows-relief-reservoir

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    Traveler 2023 p10 states that the trail begins half a mile from the parking lot, at the south end of the main road. It does not state whether the six-mile round-trip destination total includes this connection.

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest

Recorded observations

Browse observations separately (3)

2012-06 mileage-table: Kennedy Meadows to Kennedy Lake is reported as 7.5 miles (one way). Precise endpoint and parking inclusion are not resolved.

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest

2023 traveler-2023: Kennedy Meadows to Relief Reservoir is reported as 6 miles (round trip). Precise endpoint and parking inclusion are not resolved.

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest

Traveler 2023 p10 states that the trail begins half a mile from the parking lot, at the south end of the main road. It does not state whether the six-mile round-trip destination total includes this connection.

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest

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