Little Yosemite Valley Trail & Sunset Trail via Red Road
15 mi · ▲ 3,441 ft · 6 hr 43 min
Little Yosemite Valley Trail & Sunset Trail via Red Road is a 15-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Cowell, CA. It climbs 3,441 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Little Yosemite Valley Trail & Sunset Trail via Red Road
15 mi · ▲ 3,441 ft · 6 hr 43 min
Elevation 326–1,293 ft
Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park
Trailhead: 37.90191, -121.99331
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Red Road, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Little Pine Creek Road, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Falcon Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Sunset Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Stage Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Little Yosemite Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach Sunset Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Stage Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Sunset Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Falcon Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Little Pine Creek Road, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Red Road, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.8 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 2.2 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Black Point Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 2,709 ft
- Red Road 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,074 ft
- Olofson Ridge Road via Red Road 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,758 ft
- Red Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 913 ft
- Red Road 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
- Red Road Loop 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
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