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Camper Park & North Meadow Trail via Chinquapin Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Seep Zone Natural Reserve near Rincon, CA. It climbs 369 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi797 – 1,198 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Across Campus 37.00324, -122.05923
Nearest town Rincon, CA

Directions

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Camper Park & North Meadow Trail via Chinquapin Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 797–1,196 ft

Out & Back · Seep Zone Natural Reserve

Trailhead: Across Campus · 37.00324, -122.05923

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Social Sciences 2 stop 211 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Across Campus, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Road, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftSharp right onto Red Hill Road, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Camper Park, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Chinquapin Road, heading N.
  6. 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto North Meadow Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
  9. 100 ftReach Camper Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Chinquapin Road, heading E.
  12. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Camper Park, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto Red Hill Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Spring Road, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Across Campus, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 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

45% gravel15% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Transit-accessible: Social Sciences 2 stop 211 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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