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.
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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 Aug 3: Clear, high 90°F / low 68° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Loughry Woods Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Service Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Loughry Woods Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Loughry Woods Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:44 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lookout Tower via Skyline Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Skyline Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 459 ft
- Skyline Trail & Summit Rock Loop Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,013 ft
- Saratoga Gap Trail–Service Road Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,315 ft
- Saratoga Gap & Table Mountain Trail 9 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft
- Goat Rock–Parking Lot Rock, 6 sights 11.9 mi · ▲ 2,441 ft
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