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Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Escondido Trail & Mirador Trail via Brandon Trail

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,190 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Escondido Trail & Mirador Trail via Brandon Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near Eastmont, CA. It climbs 1,190 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 801 ft · steepest grade: 19%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brandon Trail 37.77698, -122.12703
Nearest town Eastmont, CA
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Escondido Trail & Mirador Trail via Brandon Trail

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,190 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 403–799 ft

Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Trailhead: Brandon Trail · 37.77698, -122.12703

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Brandon Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miBear right onto Brandon Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Escondido Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Escondido Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Brandon Trail, heading S.
  9. 1.5 miBear right onto Mirador Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miReach Escondido Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.6 miBear left onto Brandon Trail, heading E.
  12. 1.5 miTurn right onto Escondido Trail, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Brandon Trail, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Escondido Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading N.
  16. 1.4 miBear left onto Redtail Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brandon Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/escondido-trail-mirador-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route

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