Hayfield Trail–Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Fremont Older Open Space Preserve near Blue Hills, CA. It climbs 972 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi492 – 1,040 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rainbow Knoll Trail 37.29700, -122.05564
Nearest town Blue Hills, CA
Directions
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Hayfield Trail–Loop Trail, 3 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 972 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 493–1,040 ft
Out & Back · Fremont Older Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Rainbow Knoll Trail · 37.29700, -122.05564
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Rainbow Knoll Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Seven Springs Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hayfield Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Coyote Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Tony Look / Stevens Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Hayfield Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Coyote Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Hayfield Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Seven Springs Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Rainbow Knoll Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 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
77% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Cora Older Trail & Seven Springs Loop Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 372 ft
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