Agate Beach & Frontage Road via Hammond Truck Road
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,204 ft · 5 hr 24 min
Agate Beach & Frontage Road via Hammond Truck Road is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Sue-meg State Park near Big Lagoon, CA. The route reaches Agate Beach. It climbs 1,204 ft. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Agate Beach & Frontage Road via Hammond Truck Road
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,204 ft · 5 hr 24 min
Elevation 170–818 ft
Out & Back · Sue-meg State Park
Trailhead: Old Road Trail · 41.15109, -124.13652
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 63°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:32 PM
- Start on Old Road Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Agate Beach.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Hammond Truck Road, heading S.
- 3.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Frontage Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Agate Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Hammond Truck Road, heading E.
- 3.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Old Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:12 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:32 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:03 PM.
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