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DeLaveaga Park

Beehive Tree–Branciforte Creek Trail, 4 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 755 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Beehive Tree–Branciforte Creek Trail, 4 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in DeLaveaga Park near Live Oak, CA. The route reaches Beehive Tree. It climbs 755 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi92 – 459 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Park Road 37.00615, -121.99626
Nearest town Live Oak, CA
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Beehive Tree–Branciforte Creek Trail, 4 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 755 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 93–459 ft

Out & Back · DeLaveaga Park

Trailhead: Upper Park Road · 37.00615, -121.99626

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 Upper Park Road, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto La Corona Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miPass Beehive Tree.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Branciforte Creek Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Wizard Hat, heading S.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto To Upper Park Road, heading SE.
  8. 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto Old Vineyard Trail (East), heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miReach Beehive Tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 1.4 miSharp right onto To Upper Park Road, heading NW.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wizard Hat, heading N.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Branciforte Creek Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miContinue straight onto La Corona Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Park Road, heading N.
  20. 450 ftArrive 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-9-km

Trail surface

48% paved8% dirt44% 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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