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Loughry Woods Trail & Service Road Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Castle Rock State Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 967 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,369 – 2,854 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.25553, -122.11795
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA

Directions

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Loughry Woods Trail & Service Road Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 967 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Elevation 2,369–2,854 ft

Out & Back · Castle Rock State Park

Trailhead: 37.25553, -122.11795

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.3 miSharp right onto Loughry Woods Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Service Road Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftReach Loughry Woods Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Loughry Woods Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.6 miSharp left onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.3 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 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

89% dirt11% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:48 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:08 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:35 PM.

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