Gossip Rock–Meyers Dry Creek Garden, 7 sights is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park near Union City, CA. The route passes Meyers Dry Creek Garden and Gossip Rock. It climbs 1,856 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 1,175 ft · steepest grade: 20%7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: May Trail 37.60829, -122.01770
Nearest town Union City, CA
Directions
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Gossip Rock–Meyers Dry Creek Garden, 7 sights
7.7 mi · ▲ 1,856 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 118–1,175 ft
Out & Back · Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Trailhead: May Trail · 37.60829, -122.01770
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Mission Boulevard & Whipple Road stop 293 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on High Ridge Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Meyers Dry Creek Garden.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Gossip Rock Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Gossip Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Whipsnake Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Meyers Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Pioneer Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto F.D. 143, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Tolman Peak Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 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
17% dirt83% 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 8:43 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Mission Boulevard & Whipple Road stop 293 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from May Trail Trailhead
- Meyers Dry Creek Garden–F.D. 143, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 561 ft
- High Ridge Loop Trail & Ridge View Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Gossip Rock–Meyers Dry Creek Garden, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft
- Meyers Dry Creek Garden–Jordan Pond, 5 sights 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,873 ft
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