Hewlett Rim Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Hewlett Rim Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 405 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Hewlett Rim Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,886–7,120 ft
Out & Back · Royal Gorge
Trailhead: 39.31343, -120.38980
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Kilborn Forrest Access, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hewlett Rim Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Hewlett Rim Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Kilborn Forrest Access, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:49 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Reindeer & Walter and Esther Hewlett Royal Gorge Rim Trail 4 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Reindeer 4.1 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Bill & Flora's Point–Serene Lakes, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 401 ft
- Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 591 ft
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