Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Cook House Trail & Emerald Highway
4.2 mi · ▲ 992 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Cook House Trail & Emerald Highway is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Woodlands Special Treatment Area near Whiskey Springs, CA. It climbs 992 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cook House Trail & Emerald Highway
4.2 mi · ▲ 992 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 475–921 ft
Out & Back · Woodlands Special Treatment Area
Trailhead: connector · 39.33559, -123.72941
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 67°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Forest History Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Cook House Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Emerald Highway, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Cook House Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto Cook House Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Forest History Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM — 0 min before dark.
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More from connector Trailhead
- Observatory Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 406 ft
- Observatory Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 406 ft
- Forest History Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 534 ft
- Observatory Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 441 ft
- Observatory Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 441 ft
- Observatory Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 441 ft
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