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
- Start on Zinfandel Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Orchard Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bear Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Orchard Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Orchard Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Zinfandel Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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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- Zinfandel Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 648 ft
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