Bald Hill Road & Pudding Creek Road
11.9 mi · ▲ 2,245 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Bald Hill Road & Pudding Creek Road is an 11.9-mile out-and-back near Cleone, CA. It climbs 2,245 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bald Hill Road & Pudding Creek Road
11.9 mi · ▲ 2,245 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 194–892 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.49783, -123.77102
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 63°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bald Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Pudding Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Bald Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Bald Hill Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:23 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:11 PM.
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