Mendocino Headlands State Park
Dry Dock–Endo, 3 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Dry Dock–Endo, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Mendocino Headlands State Park near Mendocino, CA. It climbs 852 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Dry Dock–Endo, 3 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 19–768 ft
Out & Back · Mendocino Headlands State Park
Trailhead: connector · 39.31407, -123.72946
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 67°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Endo, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto O No!, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dry Dock, heading S.
- 1.3 miReach Endo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto O No!, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Endo, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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 7:22 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:10 PM.
More from connector Trailhead
- Endo–Gas Cap Loop, 6 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Little Lake-Sherwood Trail & Orchard Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- Big River Road–Dry Dock, 5 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,321 ft
- Dry Dock–Endo, 4 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,396 ft
- Russian Gulch–Confusion, 10 sights 12.8 mi · ▲ 1,723 ft
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