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Woodlands Special Treatment Area

Gas Cap via Little Lake-Sherwood Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Gas Cap via Little Lake-Sherwood Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Woodlands Special Treatment Area near Mendocino, CA. It climbs 539 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi420 – 784 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31711, -123.74869
Nearest town Mendocino, CA
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Gas Cap via Little Lake-Sherwood Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 421–783 ft

Out & Back · Woodlands Special Treatment Area

Trailhead: 39.31711, -123.74869

Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 68°F / low 49° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Little Lake-Sherwood Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Nitro, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 150 ftBear right onto Gas Tank, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Gas Cap, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miReach Gas Cap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Gas Tank, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Nitro, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Little Lake-Sherwood Trail, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miArrive 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/gas-cap-out-back

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 68°F49°
Precip1%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity79%
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sat 65°52°
Sun 64°48°
Mon 77°46°
Tue 74°52°
Wed 71°49°
Thu 78°57° 16%

Sunset

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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