Canyon Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,125 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Canyon Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Del Valle Regional Park near Mendenhall Springs, CA. It climbs 1,125 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Canyon Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,125 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 740–1,116 ft
Out & Back · Del Valle Regional Park
Trailhead: 37.58596, -121.69837
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 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.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Del Valle–Canyon Trail Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 675 ft
- Ridgeline Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,033 ft
- Lake Del Valle–Canyon Trail, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft
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