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Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline

Arrowhead Marsh Viewpoint–San Leandro Creek Trail West Viewpoint, 5 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Arrowhead Marsh Viewpoint–San Leandro Creek Trail West Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline near Melrose, CA. The route passes Elmhurst Creek, Arrowhead Marsh Viewpoint and San Leandro Creek Trail West Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 16 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.76096, -122.21504
Nearest town Melrose, CA
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Arrowhead Marsh Viewpoint–San Leandro Creek Trail West Viewpoint, 5 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation -1–15 ft

Out & Back · Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline

Trailhead: 37.76096, -122.21504

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miPass Elmhurst Creek.
  6. 0.1 miPass Arrowhead Marsh Viewpoint.
  7. 50 ftPass San Leandro Creek Trail West Viewpoint.
  8. 0.9 miTurn right onto Arrowhead Marsh Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miReach Arrowhead Marsh Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading NE.
  13. 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/arrowhead-marsh-viewpoint-san-leandro-creek-trail-west-viewpoint-out-back-6-sights-11-km

Trail surface

60% paved40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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