Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Big Tree Trail–Manly Gulch Trail, 4 sights
11.9 mi · ▲ 1,840 ft · 4 hr 53 min
Big Tree Trail–Manly Gulch Trail, 4 sights is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Woodlands Special Treatment Area near Mendocino, CA. It climbs 1,840 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Big Tree Trail–Manly Gulch Trail, 4 sights
11.9 mi · ▲ 1,840 ft · 4 hr 53 min
Elevation 27–921 ft
Out & Back · Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Trailhead: Parallel Action · 39.33075, -123.73477
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 68°F / low 49° · precip 2% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start on Railroad Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Observatory Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Manly Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Riparian Nature Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miBear right onto Big Tree Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftReach Manly Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left onto Marsh Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Manly Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 2 miTurn right onto Forest History Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Railroad Gulch Road, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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
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