Mendocino Headlands State Park
Endo–Gas Cap, 7 sights
12.3 mi · ▲ 1,604 ft · 4 hr 54 min
Endo–Gas Cap, 7 sights is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Mendocino Headlands State Park near Mendocino, CA. It climbs 1,604 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Endo–Gas Cap, 7 sights
12.3 mi · ▲ 1,604 ft · 4 hr 54 min
Elevation 27–863 ft
Out & Back · Mendocino Headlands State Park
Trailhead: 39.31289, -123.74739
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 68°F / low 49° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Little Lake-Sherwood Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Nitro, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Gas Tank, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Gas Cap, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Endo, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto O No!, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto High Chutes Road, heading S.
- 2.4 miSharp left onto Old Haul Road, heading E.
- 3.5 miSharp right onto Endo, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 720, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Endo, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Little Lake-Sherwood Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:23 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.
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- LeBaron & Little Lake-Sherwood Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 381 ft
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