Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve (closed area)
Bear Creek Trail & Old Page Mill Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 2,619 ft · 4 hr 55 min
Bear Creek Trail & Old Page Mill Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve (closed area) near Vista Verde, CA. It climbs 2,619 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bear Creek Trail & Old Page Mill Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 2,619 ft · 4 hr 55 min
Elevation 637–2,046 ft
Out & Back · Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve (closed area)
Trailhead: 37.30312, -122.19778
Weather Sep 20: Fog, high 69°F / low 47° · precip 2% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Old Page Mill Trail, heading N.
- 2.6 miTurn left onto Bear Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miReach Old Page Mill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Peters Creek Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 2.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~141 min). Leave by 4:29 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Long Ridge Road 11.3 mi · ▲ 2,921 ft
- Grizzly Flat Trail North–Grizzly Flat Trail South, 5 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 3,882 ft
- Old Page Mill Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 2,503 ft
- Bodhidharma Cave & Sorich Road via Old Page Mill Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 3,442 ft
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