Terra Linda - Sleepy Hollow Open Space Preserve

Crestwood Trail & Ridgewood Fire Road

2.3 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 54 min

Crestwood Trail & Ridgewood Fire Road is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Terra Linda - Sleepy Hollow Open Space Preserve near Los Ranchitos, CA. It climbs 259 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi417 – 607 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crestwood Trail 37.98768, -122.54763
Nearest town Los Ranchitos, CA

Directions

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Crestwood Trail & Ridgewood Fire Road

2.3 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 54 min

Elevation 418–605 ft

Out & Back · Terra Linda - Sleepy Hollow Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Crestwood Trail · 37.98768, -122.54763

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:18 PM

  1. Start on Crestwood Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridgewood Fire Road, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 500 ftTurn left onto Tomahawk Fire Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miReach Crestwood Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ridgewood Fire Road, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Crestwood Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.3 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

58% gravel13% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:18 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 8:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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