Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Big Dipper–Manly Gulch Trail, 4 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,690 ft · 5 hr 39 min
Big Dipper–Manly Gulch Trail, 4 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Woodlands Special Treatment Area near Mendocino, CA. It climbs 2,690 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Big Dipper–Manly Gulch Trail, 4 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,690 ft · 5 hr 39 min
Elevation 54–921 ft
Out & Back · Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Trailhead: Parallel Action · 39.33075, -123.73477
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start on Observatory Trail, heading SE.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Manly Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 2 miTurn left onto Staircase, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Old Jeep Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Big Dipper, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach Manly Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Old Jeep Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Staircase, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Manly Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 2 miTurn right onto Forest History Trail, heading S.
- 2.1 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from Parallel Action Trailhead
- Parallel Action 3.8 mi · ▲ 542 ft
- Forest History Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 886 ft
- Forest History Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 865 ft
- Parallel Action 4.9 mi · ▲ 688 ft
- Parallel Action 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,093 ft
- Parallel Action 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,093 ft
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