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Woodlands Special Treatment Area

Cook House Trail–Emerald Highway, 3 sights

8.2 mi · ▲ 1,522 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Cook House Trail–Emerald Highway, 3 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Woodlands Special Treatment Area near Mendocino, CA. It climbs 1,522 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi315 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.32585, -123.73748
Nearest town Mendocino, CA
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Cook House Trail–Emerald Highway, 3 sights

8.2 mi · ▲ 1,522 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 315–921 ft

Out & Back · Woodlands Special Treatment Area

Trailhead: 39.32585, -123.73748

Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 68°F / low 49° · precip 1% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Gas Tank, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn right onto Parallel Action, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Railroad Gulch Road, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Observatory Trail, heading SE.
  7. 2.3 miBear right onto Cook House Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto Emerald Highway, heading S.
  9. 250 ftBear right onto Cook House Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miReach Gas Tank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Emerald Highway, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftBear left onto Cook House Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miBear left onto Forest History Trail, heading N.
  14. 2.3 miBear right onto Railroad Gulch Road, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parallel Action, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 450 ftTurn left onto Gas Tank, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cook-house-trail-emerald-highway-out-back-3-sights-12-km

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 68°F49°
Precip1%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity87%
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sat 65°51°
Sun 64°48°
Mon 77°45°
Tue 74°51°
Wed 71°48°
Thu 78°56°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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