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MacDonald Trail & Redtail Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near San Leandro, CA. It climbs 1,627 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 1,106 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Redtail Trail 37.75880, -122.10492
Nearest town San Leandro, CA

Directions

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MacDonald Trail & Redtail Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 1,627 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Elevation 518–1,105 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

  1. Start on Redtail Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.4 miTurn right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
  3. 150 ftBear left onto Redtail Trail, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  6. 200 ftSharp left onto MacDonald Trail, heading N.
  7. 2.4 miReach Redtail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftSharp left onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading S.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading S.
  13. 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

95% dirt5% 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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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