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Tilden Regional Park

Curran Trail–Lower Big Springs Trail, 3 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Curran Trail–Lower Big Springs Trail, 3 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Tilden Regional Park near Cragmont, CA. It climbs 1,039 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi568 – 1,296 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.90401, -122.26029
Nearest town Cragmont, CA
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Curran Trail–Lower Big Springs Trail, 3 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 568–1,294 ft

Out & Back · Tilden Regional Park

Trailhead: 37.90401, -122.26029

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Tilden Park Pony Rides stop 388 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftSharp left onto Wildcat Gorge Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Meadows Canyon Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Curran Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Lower Big Springs Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miReach Curran Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left onto Seaview Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Curran Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadows Canyon Trail, heading W.
  11. 1.4 miTurn left onto Wildcat Gorge Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/curran-trail-lower-big-springs-trail-out-back-5-sights-10-km

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Tilden Park Pony Rides stop 388 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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