Monte Bello Open Space Preserve
Bella Vista Trail–Canyon Trail, 5 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,217 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Bella Vista Trail–Canyon Trail, 5 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Monte Bello Open Space Preserve near Vista Verde, CA. It climbs 1,217 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bella Vista Trail–Canyon Trail, 5 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,217 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 1,828–2,675 ft
Out & Back · Monte Bello Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: 37.34149, -122.17637
Weather Sep 20: Fog, high 69°F / low 51° · precip 2% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Page Mill Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Lost Creek Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Franciscan Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Indian Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left onto Old Ranch Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Monte Bello Road (Trail), heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bella Vista Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Page Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 2.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~106 min). Leave by 5:04 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 7.8 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 8.6 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 9 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 9.7 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
More from this trailhead
- Canyon Trail–Grizzly Flat Trail South, 4 sights 14.9 mi · ▲ 2,407 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Page Mill Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 395 ft
- San Andreas Fault Trail via Page Mill Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 543 ft
- Page Mill Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 115 ft
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