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San Felipe Ranch's The Nature Conservatory's Conservation Easement

Middle Ridge–Booze Lake Road, 8 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 4,927 ft · 7 hr 34 min

Middle Ridge–Booze Lake Road, 8 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in San Felipe Ranch's The Nature Conservatory's Conservation Easement near Morgan Hill, CA. The route reaches Middle Ridge. It climbs 4,927 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,591 – 3,078 ft · steepest grade: 28%15.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Live Oak Trail 37.18758, -121.55113
Nearest town Morgan Hill, CA
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Middle Ridge–Booze Lake Road, 8 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 4,927 ft · 7 hr 34 min

Elevation 1,591–3,077 ft

Out & Back · San Felipe Ranch's The Nature Conservatory's Conservation Easement

Trailhead: Live Oak Trail · 37.18758, -121.55113

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start on Live Oak Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Springs Trail, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Trail, heading E.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Fish Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.8 miBear left onto Middle Ridge Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.3 miPass Middle Ridge.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Hobbs Road, heading N.
  9. 2.9 miTurn right onto Blue Ridge Road, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Booze Lake Road, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miReach Middle Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto Blue Ridge Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hobbs Road, heading W.
  14. 3 miBear left onto Middle Ridge Trail, heading S.
  15. 1.3 miBear right onto Fish Trail, heading SE.
  16. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Forest Trail, heading SW.
  17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Springs Trail, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Corral Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.5 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/booze-lake-booze-lake-out-back-25-km-acbc

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:14 AMSunset 8:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:40 PM.

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