Devils Slide Beach–Gray Whale Cove State Beach, 6 beaches is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Montara Mountain near Montara, CA. The route passes Gray Whale Cove State Beach, Devils Slide Beach, Montara Mountain Beach and 2 more. It climbs 313 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Devils Slide Beach–Gray Whale Cove State Beach, 6 beaches
3.5 mi · ▲ 313 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 104–247 ft
Out & Back · Montara Mountain
Trailhead: Gray Whale Cove Trail · 37.56288, -122.51251
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:17 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gray Whale Cove Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Gray Whale Cove State Beach.
- 50 ftPass Devils Slide Beach.
- 50 ftPass Montara Mountain Beach.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Montara State Beach.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Montara State Beach.
- 50 ftBear left onto North Peak Access Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old San Pedro Mountain Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Devils Slide Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto North Peak Access Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gray Whale Cove Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear 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.
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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 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Gray Whale Cove Trail Trailhead
- Montara Mountain Viewpoint–Devils Slide Beach, 7 beaches 2.6 mi · ▲ 518 ft
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