Aptos Creek Fire Road & Trout Gulch Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park near Monte Toyon, CA. It climbs 499 ft. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi328 – 807 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Trout Gulch Trail 37.02414, -121.89016
Nearest town Monte Toyon, CA
Directions
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Aptos Creek Fire Road & Trout Gulch Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 499 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 329–807 ft
Out & Back · The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Trailhead: Trout Gulch Trail · 37.02414, -121.89016
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
- Start on Trout Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Trout Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Trout Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:51 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Loma Prieta Grade & Trout Gulch Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 557 ft
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