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Aptos Creek Fire Road & Aptos Creek Road is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park near Monte Toyon, CA. It climbs 385 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 377 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dragon Slayers Lane 36.99937, -121.90904
Nearest town Monte Toyon, CA

Directions

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Aptos Creek Fire Road & Aptos Creek Road

5.2 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 166–377 ft

Out & Back · The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

Trailhead: Dragon Slayers Lane · 36.99937, -121.90904

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Dragon Slayers Lane, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Aptos Creek Road, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading NE.
  6. 1.5 miReach Aptos Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Aptos Creek Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Dragon Slayers Lane, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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