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California bay tree & Hammond-Snyder Loop Trail via Permanente Creek Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio County Park near The Highlands, CA. The route reaches California bay tree. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi318 – 456 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Deer Meadow Trail 37.33999, -122.08999
Nearest town The Highlands, CA

Directions

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California bay tree & Hammond-Snyder Loop Trail via Permanente Creek Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 49 min

Elevation 319–457 ft

Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio County Park

Trailhead: Deer Meadow Trail · 37.33999, -122.08999

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Deer Meadow Trail, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading S.
  4. 150 ftPass California bay tree.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hammond-Snyder Loop Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miReach California bay tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Deer Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

23% dirt20% paved2% boardwalk55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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