Bay Area Ridge Viewpoint & Phillips Loop via East Ridge Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park near Eastport, CA. The route reaches Bay Area Ridge Viewpoint. It climbs 415 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,056 – 1,339 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bay Area Ridge Trail 37.83597, -122.18451
Nearest town Eastport, CA
Directions
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Bay Area Ridge Viewpoint & Phillips Loop via East Ridge Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 415 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 1,057–1,340 ft
Out & Back · Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park
Trailhead: Bay Area Ridge Trail · 37.83597, -122.18451
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start on Bay Area Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bay Area Ridge Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto East Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Phillips Loop, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right onto East Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Bay Area Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Phillips Loop, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto East Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Bay Area Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:52 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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