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Chinquapin Road & North Meadow Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Wilder Ranch State Park near Felton, CA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,096 – 1,201 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tinker Bell 37.02338, -122.08708
Nearest town Felton, CA

Directions

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Chinquapin Road & North Meadow Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 44 min

Elevation 1,095–1,201 ft

Out & Back · Wilder Ranch State Park

Trailhead: Tinker Bell · 37.02338, -122.08708

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

No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Empire Grade (Mile 13) stop 343 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftBear right onto North Meadow Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Mushroom Hunter / 420, heading E.
  4. 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 200 ftTurn left onto North Meadow Trail, heading W.
  7. 150 ftTurn right onto Chinquapin Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chinquapin Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miReach North Meadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto North Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM — 2 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Transit-accessible: Empire Grade (Mile 13) stop 343 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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