Dodero Spring–Lookout Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 469 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Dodero Spring–Lookout Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Pogonip Open Space Preserve near Santa Cruz, CA. The route reaches Dodero Spring at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 469 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dodero Spring–Lookout Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 469 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 65–445 ft
Out & Back · Pogonip Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Wagner Grove Trail · 36.98278, -122.03710
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 71°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Harvey West Park stop 232 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wagner Grove Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Old Stage Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Steeple Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Stage Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Harvey West Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Spring Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Quarry Path, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Dodero Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lookout Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Harvey West Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Old Stage Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Steeple Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Stage Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Wagner Grove Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Harvey West Park stop 232 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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