Chaparral Trail–Graham Trail, 4 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park near Redwood Heights, CA. It climbs 1,178 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi981 – 1,496 ft · steepest grade: 26%6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sinawik Loop 37.81135, -122.18619
Nearest town Redwood Heights, CA
Directions
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Chaparral Trail–Graham Trail, 4 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,178 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 979–1,496 ft
Out & Back · Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park
Trailhead: Sinawik Loop · 37.81135, -122.18619
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Joaquin Miller Road & Robinson Drive stop 307 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sinawik Loop, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sunset Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Palos Colorados Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Chaparral Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Chaparral Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sequoia-Bayview Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Fern Ravine Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Camp Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Roberts Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Graham Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Dunn Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Serpentine Prairie Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftReach Sunset Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Dunn Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Graham Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Camp Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sequoia-Bayview Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Chaparral Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Chaparral Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Palos Colorados Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sunset Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sinawik Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
69% dirt6% paved4% gravel21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Joaquin Miller Road & Robinson Drive stop 307 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Sinawik Loop Trailhead
- Palos Colorados Trail & Sunset Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 540 ft
- The Grand View–Chaparral Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 876 ft
- Baccharis Trail–Chaparral Trail, 5 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,341 ft
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