Goldenrod Trail–Ranch Trail, 3 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near San Leandro, CA. It climbs 1,493 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi518 – 1,007 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Redtail Trail 37.75880, -122.10492
Nearest town San Leandro, CA
Directions
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Goldenrod Trail–Ranch Trail, 3 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 1,493 ft · 3 hr 51 min
Elevation 518–1,009 ft
Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Trailhead: Redtail Trail · 37.75880, -122.10492
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Redtail Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Redtail Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Goldenrod Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miReach Redtail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 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
86% dirt1% gravel13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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