Holiday Trail & Wally World via Barking Dogs
13.6 mi · ▲ 2,347 ft · 5 hr 42 min
Holiday Trail & Wally World via Barking Dogs is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Wilder Ranch State Park near Bonny Doon, CA. It climbs 2,347 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Holiday Trail & Wally World via Barking Dogs
13.6 mi · ▲ 2,347 ft · 5 hr 42 min
Elevation 416–1,693 ft
Out & Back · Wilder Ranch State Park
Trailhead: 37.04021, -122.11858
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 80°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Empire Grade & Heller Drive stop 193 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Dog Connector, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Barking Dogs, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Holiday Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Long Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Wally World, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Holiday Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Wally World, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Long Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Holiday Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Woodcutter's Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Barking Dogs, heading W.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Dog Connector, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:53 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Empire Grade & Heller Drive stop 193 m from the trailhead
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