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Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve–Bass Cove Trail, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,327 ft · 4 hr 56 min

Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve–Bass Cove Trail, 5 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near Leona Heights, CA. The route reaches Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve. It climbs 1,327 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi233 – 1,158 ft · steepest grade: 16%13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skyline Boulevard Singletrack 37.78910, -122.14979
Nearest town Leona Heights, CA
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Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve–Bass Cove Trail, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,327 ft · 4 hr 56 min

Elevation 233–1,157 ft

Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Trailhead: Skyline Boulevard Singletrack · 37.78910, -122.14979

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Skyline Boulevard & Parkridge Drive stop 49 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Skyline Boulevard Singletrack, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Goldenrod Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Ranch Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn left onto Brandon Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cascade Trail, heading S.
  8. 1 miBear left onto Columbine Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bass Cove Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.5 miReach Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Columbine Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miBear right onto Cascade Trail, heading N.
  13. 1 miContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Ranch Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Goldenrod Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right onto Skyline Boulevard Singletrack, heading NW.
  18. 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/chabot-spillway-chabot-spillway-out-back-19-km-b1e4

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:46 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM — 4 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Skyline Boulevard & Parkridge Drive stop 49 m from the trailhead

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