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Bear Meadow Trail & Orchard Loop Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve near Monta Vista, CA. It climbs 399 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi561 – 932 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Zinfandel Trail 37.29442, -122.09146
Nearest town Monta Vista, CA

Directions

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Bear Meadow Trail & Orchard Loop Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 58 min

Elevation 561–930 ft

Out & Back · Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Zinfandel Trail · 37.29442, -122.09146

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Zinfandel Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Orchard Loop Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Bear Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miReach Orchard Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miSharp left onto Orchard Loop Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Zinfandel Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 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

2% gravel98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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