Bella Vista Trail–Canyon Trail, 4 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Monte Bello Open Space Preserve near Vista Verde, CA. It climbs 731 ft. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,024 – 2,520 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Monte Bello Road (Trail) 37.32710, -122.16857
Nearest town Vista Verde, CA
Directions
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Bella Vista Trail–Canyon Trail, 4 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 731 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 2,024–2,518 ft
Out & Back · Monte Bello Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Monte Bello Road (Trail) · 37.32710, -122.16857
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Monte Bello Road (Trail), heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Ranch Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Bella Vista Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Franciscan Loop Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto San Andreas Fault Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Monte Bello Road (Trail), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Franciscan Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bella Vista Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Old Ranch Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Monte Bello Road (Trail), heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
31% dirt29% gravel40% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Drinking water at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 7.8 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 8.4 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 8.6 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 9 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
- 9.7 mi · out & back · via Canyon Trail
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- Bella Vista Trail–Monte Bello Road (Trail), 3 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,403 ft
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