Franciscan Trail–Old Stage Road, 3 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve near Emerald Lake Hills, CA. It climbs 494 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi299 – 745 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sunset Trail 37.46220, -122.27834
Nearest town Emerald Lake Hills, CA
Directions
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Franciscan Trail–Old Stage Road, 3 sights
2.7 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 298–744 ft
Out & Back · Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Sunset Trail · 37.46220, -122.27834
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start on Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Serpentine Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Old Stage Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Franciscan Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Edgewood Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Serpentine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Edgewood Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Franciscan Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Serpentine Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Sunset Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:15 PM
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