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Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Brandon Skyline Trail–Brandon Trail, 4 sights

10.6 mi · ▲ 1,688 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Brandon Skyline Trail–Brandon Trail, 4 sights is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near Eastmont, CA. It climbs 1,688 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi246 – 1,017 ft11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Grass Valley Trail 37.77765, -122.12667
Nearest town Eastmont, CA
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Brandon Skyline Trail–Brandon Trail, 4 sights

10.6 mi · ▲ 1,688 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 247–1,016 ft

Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Trailhead: Grass Valley Trail · 37.77765, -122.12667

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  3. 350 ftBear right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miBear right onto Brandon Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Escondido Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Escondido Trail, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Brandon Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Deer Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Redtail Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Marciel Road, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right onto Marciel Road, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading SE.
  16. 400 ftBear right onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftTurn right onto Marciel Road, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Brandon Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brandon Skyline Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.4 miReach Escondido Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 500 ftContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading NW.
  25. 450 ftBear left onto Marciel Road, heading NW.
  26. 450 ftContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading W.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Redtail Trail, heading W.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left onto Deer Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading NW.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right onto Escondido Trail, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Brandon Trail, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Escondido Trail, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading W.
  37. 1.4 miBear left onto Redtail Trail, heading N.
  38. 350 ftContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
  39. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brandon-skyline-trail-brandon-trail-out-back-4-sights-1843

Trail surface

96% dirt2% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~62 min). Leave by 6:11 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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