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Crockett Hills Regional Park

Edwards Creek Viewpoint–Big Valley Trail, 9 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Edwards Creek Viewpoint–Big Valley Trail, 9 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Crockett Hills Regional Park near Crockett, CA. The route reaches Edwards Creek Viewpoint. It climbs 1,235 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi295 – 784 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.03648, -122.21189
Nearest town Crockett, CA
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Edwards Creek Viewpoint–Big Valley Trail, 9 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 297–784 ft

Out & Back · Crockett Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: 38.03648, -122.21189

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Edwards Creek Viewpoint.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Edwards Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Wood Rat Trail, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftBear left onto Edwards Creek Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Rat Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Edwards Loop Trail, heading NW.
  8. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Soaring Eagle Trail, heading W.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Sky Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Soaring Eagle Trail, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Sky Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Soaring Eagle Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sky Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miSharp right onto Big Valley Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Warep Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Back Ranch Loop, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tree Frog Loop, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miBear right onto Chorus Frog Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miReach Edwards Creek Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.3 miBear left onto Tree Frog Loop, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miSharp right onto Back Ranch Loop, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right onto Warep Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Big Valley Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.8 miSharp left onto Sky Trail, heading SE.
  28. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Soaring Eagle Trail, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Sky Trail, heading NW.
  31. 0.2 miBear right onto Soaring Eagle Trail, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sky Trail, heading NW.
  33. 0.2 miBear right onto Soaring Eagle Trail, heading NW.
  34. 150 ftBear right onto Edwards Loop Trail, heading N.
  35. 400 ftTurn left onto Wood Rat Trail, heading NW.
  36. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Edwards Creek Trail, heading E.
  37. 50 ftBear right onto Wood Rat Trail, heading E.
  38. 100 ftTurn right onto Edwards Creek Trail, heading SE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  40. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/edwards-creek-viewpoint-big-valley-trail-out-back-9-sights

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:44 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM — 0 min before dark.

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