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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.

Elevation

0 mi105 – 246 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gray Whale Cove Trail 37.56288, -122.51251
Nearest town Montara, CA

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Gray Whale Cove Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Gray Whale Cove State Beach.
  3. 50 ftPass Devils Slide Beach.
  4. 50 ftPass Montara Mountain Beach.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miPass Montara State Beach.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miPass Montara State Beach.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto North Peak Access Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old San Pedro Mountain Road, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftReach Devils Slide Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto North Peak Access Road, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gray Whale Cove Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  21. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  22. 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

61% dirt38% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:17 PM

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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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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