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Largest Coast Redwood family circle and probably site of one of the Navigation Tree, Stone mount of Historic Plaque in foreground right.jpg
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Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park

Graham Trail via Sequoia-Bayview Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Graham Trail via Sequoia-Bayview Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park near Redwood Heights, CA. It climbs 482 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,227 – 1,496 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse Arena Short Cut 37.81506, -122.18449
Nearest town Redwood Heights, CA
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Graham Trail via Sequoia-Bayview Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,228–1,496 ft

Out & Back · Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park

Trailhead: Horse Arena Short Cut · 37.81506, -122.18449

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Chabot Space and Science Center stop 510 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Horse Arena Short Cut, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Sequoia-Bayview Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftSharp left onto Fern Ravine Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Camp Trail, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftSharp right onto Roberts Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Graham Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.8 miReach Graham Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto Camp Trail, heading SW.
  12. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Sequoia-Bayview Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Horse Arena Short Cut, heading SW.
  17. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/graham-trail-out-back-5-km-e33d

Trail surface

67% dirt11% paved7% gravel15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:54 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Chabot Space and Science Center stop 510 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

Hikes near Redwood Heights, California