AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

09N59–09N61, 3 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 968 ft · 3 hr 23 min

09N59–09N61, 3 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back near Gilberts, CA. It climbs 968 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,557 – 4,337 ft · steepest grade: 15%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.61194, -120.50614
Nearest town Gilberts, CA
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09N59–09N61, 3 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 968 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 3,557–4,336 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.61194, -120.50614

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto 09N61, heading NW.
  6. 1.4 miBear left onto 09N59, heading NW.
  7. 1.7 miReach 09N61, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto 09NY14A, heading SE.
  9. 1 miTurn right onto 09N61, heading SE.
  10. 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/09n59-09n61-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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