Albion River & Slaughterhouse Road
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,118 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Albion River & Slaughterhouse Road is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Albion, CA. The route reaches Albion River. It climbs 1,118 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Albion River & Slaughterhouse Road
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,118 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 4–620 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.26068, -123.73852
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 67°F / low 50° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.4 miPass Albion River.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Slaughterhouse Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miReach Albion River, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading E.
- 3.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:23 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:10 PM.
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