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Chabot to Garin Regional Trail–Deer Canyon Trail, 4 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Five Canyons Open Space near Fairview, CA. It climbs 1,085 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi361 – 929 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chabot to Garin Regional Trail 37.69256, -122.02928
Nearest town Fairview, CA

Directions

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Chabot to Garin Regional Trail–Deer Canyon Trail, 4 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 1,085 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 361–930 ft

Out & Back · Five Canyons Open Space

Trailhead: Chabot to Garin Regional Trail · 37.69256, -122.02928

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

  1. Start on Chabot to Garin Regional Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Shady Canyon Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miSharp right onto Deer Canyon Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Shady Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miReach Chabot to Garin Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 miSharp left onto Sandstone Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Chabot to Garin Regional Trail, heading NE.
  9. 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.

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:44 PM.

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