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
- Start on Deer Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftPass California bay tree.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hammond-Snyder Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach California bay tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Deer Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 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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