Darling Ridge Loop & Dutch Canyon Road
4.9 mi · ▲ 489 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Darling Ridge Loop & Dutch Canyon Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Spanish Flat, CA. It climbs 489 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Darling Ridge Loop & Dutch Canyon Road
4.9 mi · ▲ 489 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 2,656–2,888 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ridge Route · 38.85929, -120.76228
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
- Start on Dutch Canyon Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Darling Ridge Loop, heading N.
- 1.8 miReach Dutch Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Dutch Canyon Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:44 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:05 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:32 PM.
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