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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Graham Viewpoint–The Grand View, 3 viewpoints is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park near Redwood Heights, CA. The route passes The Grand View before reaching Graham Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 311 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,096 – 1,431 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dunn Trail 37.80417, -122.17756
Nearest town Redwood Heights, CA

Directions

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Graham Viewpoint–The Grand View, 3 viewpoints

2.2 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 53 min

Elevation 1,097–1,432 ft

Out & Back · Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park

Trailhead: Dunn Trail · 37.80417, -122.17756

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

Transit-accessible: Skyline Boulevard & Crestmont Drive stop 116 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dunn Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Graham Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miPass The Grand View.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Manzanita Loop Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Vista Point, heading SW.
  6. 200 ftBear left onto Manzanita Loop Trail, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftReach Graham Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 200 ftBear right onto Vista Point, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Manzanita Loop Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Graham Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right onto Dunn Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 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

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Skyline Boulevard & Crestmont Drive stop 116 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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