Alder Lane & Frontage Road via Hammond Truck Road
9.4 mi · ▲ 1,216 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Alder Lane & Frontage Road via Hammond Truck Road is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Trinidad, CA. It climbs 1,216 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Alder Lane & Frontage Road via Hammond Truck Road
9.4 mi · ▲ 1,216 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Elevation 269–837 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.06487, -124.12822
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 76°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:32 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Hammond Truck Road, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Frontage Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Alder Lane, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Frontage Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Frontage Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Hammond Truck Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 8:08 PM for the 8:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM — 14 min before dark.
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