Dairy Trail & Dutch Flat Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Joseph D. Grant County Park near Evergreen, CA. It climbs 1,545 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,555 – 2,457 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.33659, -121.71883
Nearest town Evergreen, CA
Directions
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Dairy Trail & Dutch Flat Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,545 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Elevation 1,555–2,457 ft
Out & Back · Joseph D. Grant County Park
Trailhead: 37.33659, -121.71883
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Dutch Flat Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Dairy Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Brush Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Brush Trail Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dutch Flat Trail, heading SW.
- 4.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 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
12% dirt88% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Dutch Flat Trail 2 mi · ▲ 459 ft
- Heron Trail via Dutch Flat Trail 3 mi · ▲ 554 ft
- Dairy Trail via Dutch Flat Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 603 ft
- Barn Trail–Lower San Felipe Trail, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 924 ft
- Brush Trail–Canada de Pala Trail, 6 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 978 ft
- Grant Lake–McCreery Lake, 9 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,095 ft
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