Canyon View Trail–Geary Road, 5 sights is a 12.7-mile out-and-back in Sunol Regional Wilderness near Scotts Corner, CA. It climbs 1,786 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi394 – 1,270 ft · steepest grade: 15%13.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ohlone Wilderness Trail 37.51565, -121.83069
Nearest town Scotts Corner, CA
Directions
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Canyon View Trail–Geary Road, 5 sights
12.7 mi · ▲ 1,786 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Elevation 392–1,271 ft
Out & Back · Sunol Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: Ohlone Wilderness Trail · 37.51565, -121.83069
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Shady Glen Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Hayfield Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto McCorkle Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Geary Road, heading NE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Welch Creek Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Geary Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.5 miReach Shady Glen Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Welch Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Geary Road, heading N.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading W.
- 1 miBear left onto McCorkle Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hayfield Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Shady Glen Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
4% dirt96% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.0 mi in (~184 min). Leave by 4:50 PM for the 8:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ohlone Wilderness Trail Trailhead
- Ohlone Wilderness Trail & Shady Glen Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 609 ft
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks–Hayfield Road, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite)–Canyon View Trail, 5 sights 4 mi · ▲ 810 ft
- Flag Hill–Indian Joe Cave Rocks Loop, 5 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,074 ft
- Cerro Este Overlook–Indian Joe Cave Rocks, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,285 ft
- Flag Hill–Vista Grande Overlook Loop, 10 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,610 ft
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