Dimeo Lane & Twin Oaks Trail via Wilder Ridge Loop is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Wilder Ranch State Park near Allegro Heights, CA. It climbs 689 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi39 – 620 ft7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 36.96271, -122.08468
Nearest town Allegro Heights, CA
Directions
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Dimeo Lane & Twin Oaks Trail via Wilder Ridge Loop
6.9 mi · ▲ 689 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 40–621 ft
Out & Back · Wilder Ranch State Park
Trailhead: 36.96271, -122.08468
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Twin Oaks Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dimeo Lane, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Dimeo Lane, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Dimeo Lane, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dimeo Lane, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Twin Oaks Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dimeo Lane, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Dimeo Lane, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Dimeo Lane, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Twin Oaks Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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