Echo Rock–Umbrella Tree, 8 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,411 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Echo Rock–Umbrella Tree, 8 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Marconi, CA. The route passes Umbrella Tree, Turtle Pond and Echo Rock. It climbs 1,411 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Echo Rock–Umbrella Tree, 8 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,411 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 141–890 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Pinnacles Road · 38.17863, -122.82916
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
- Start on Pinnacles Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pinnacles Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Umbrella Tree.
- 1 miReach Echo Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Diversity Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Miwok Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Turtle Pond.
- 0.9 miPass Echo Rock.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pinnacles Road, heading NW.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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