Gazos Creek Road & Meteor Trail via Middle Ridge Road is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 1,488 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,027 – 1,782 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Meteor Trail 37.19262, -122.21978
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA
Directions
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Gazos Creek Road & Meteor Trail via Middle Ridge Road
6.8 mi · ▲ 1,488 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Elevation 1,028–1,783 ft
Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Meteor Trail · 37.19262, -122.21978
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
- Start on Meteor Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Middle Ridge Road, heading S.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Dool Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Gazos Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miReach Meteor Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Dool Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Middle Ridge Road, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Meteor Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive 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 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Meteor Trail Trailhead
- Barranca Knolls–Johansen Road, 5 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,767 ft
- Connector Trail–Hollow Tree Trail, 5 sights 10.7 mi · ▲ 2,192 ft
- Dool Trail & Meteor Trail via Middle Ridge Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,279 ft
- Creeping Forest Trail & Meteor Trail via Middle Ridge Road 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,637 ft
- Connector Trail–Hollow Tree Trail, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 994 ft
- Connector Trail & Meteor Trail via Middle Ridge Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,178 ft
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