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Coal Mine Ridge Preserve

Buck Meadow Trail & Coalmine Trail via Toyon Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 980 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Buck Meadow Trail & Coalmine Trail via Toyon Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Coal Mine Ridge Preserve near Los Trancos Woods, CA. It climbs 980 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi830 – 1,243 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Coalmine Trail 37.35414, -122.21041
Nearest town Los Trancos Woods, CA
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Buck Meadow Trail & Coalmine Trail via Toyon Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 980 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 830–1,245 ft

Out & Back · Coal Mine Ridge Preserve

Trailhead: Coalmine Trail · 37.35414, -122.21041

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 73°F / low 54° · precip 13% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Coalmine Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left onto Toyon Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.2 miSharp left onto Old Spanish Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miSharp right onto Blue Oaks Fire Road, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sunrise Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miBear left onto Buck Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miReach Coalmine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto Sunrise Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Blue Oaks Fire Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Old Spanish Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miSharp right onto Toyon Trail, heading S.
  12. 1.2 miTurn right onto Coalmine Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.6 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/blue-oak-trail-buck-meadow-trail-out-back-4-sights-11-km

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 73°F54°
Precip13%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity61%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:43 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:35 PM
Sat 75°52°
Sun 68°50°
Mon 84°49°
Tue 82°51°
Wed 75°51° 15%
Thu 88°61°

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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