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DeLaveaga Park

Top of the World Lookout–La Corona, 7 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 970 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Top of the World Lookout–La Corona, 7 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in DeLaveaga Park near Live Oak, CA. The route passes Beehive Tree and La Corona before reaching Top of the World Lookout at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 970 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi92 – 463 ft · steepest grade: 20%7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brookwood Drive 37.00481, -121.99471
Nearest town Live Oak, CA
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Top of the World Lookout–La Corona, 7 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 970 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Elevation 91–463 ft

Out & Back · DeLaveaga Park

Trailhead: Brookwood Drive · 37.00481, -121.99471

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Brookwood Drive, heading NE.
  2. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 1.4 miSharp right onto To Upper Park Road, heading S.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wizard Hat, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto Branciforte Creek Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miPass Beehive Tree.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto La Corona Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miPass La Corona.
  12. 150 ftBear right onto Upper Park Road, heading N.
  13. 150 ftReach Top of the World Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 150 ftBear left onto La Corona Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Branciforte Creek Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left onto Wizard Hat, heading S.
  17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto To Upper Park Road, heading SE.
  19. 300 ftSharp left, heading S.
  20. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 200 ftTurn left onto Brookwood Drive, heading NE.
  23. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beehive-tree-branciforte-creek-trail-out-back-4-sights-12-km

Trail surface

70% paved7% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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