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Prairie View Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Moore Creek Upland Open Space Preserve near Rincon, CA. It climbs 325 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi213 – 541 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 36.98786, -122.06876
Nearest town Rincon, CA

Directions

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Prairie View Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 213–542 ft

Out & Back · Moore Creek Upland Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: 36.98786, -122.06876

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: Empire Grade & Heller Drive stop 49 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto Coast Vista Trail, heading SE.
  13. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Prairie View Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 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 surface

25% dirt75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Empire Grade & Heller Drive stop 49 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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