Cracker–Laurelwood Park Trail, 3 sights is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain Open Space near Laurel, CA. It climbs 1,037 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 525 ft · steepest grade: 39%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Amphitheater Trail 37.52619, -122.32239
Nearest town Laurel, CA
Directions
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Cracker–Laurelwood Park Trail, 3 sights
4.1 mi · ▲ 1,037 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 158–524 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain Open Space
Trailhead: Amphitheater Trail · 37.52619, -122.32239
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: West Hillsdale Boulevard & Caxton Court stop 396 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Amphitheater Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Tenderfoot Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Laurelwood Park Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Skymont Cross Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Cracker, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Laurelwood Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Skymont Cross Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Salson Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Laurelwood Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tenderfoot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Amphitheater Trail, heading SW.
- 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
91% dirt9% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: West Hillsdale Boulevard & Caxton Court stop 396 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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