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High Meadow Trail–Hill Trail, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near The Highlands, CA. It climbs 1,737 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi364 – 1,043 ft9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Coyote Trail 37.33029, -122.08600
Nearest town The Highlands, CA

Directions

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High Meadow Trail–Hill Trail, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,737 ft · 4 hr 2 min

Elevation 363–1,044 ft

Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Coyote Trail · 37.33029, -122.08600

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Coyote Trail, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hill Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading W.
  8. 400 ftSharp right onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto High Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading NE.
  11. 1.4 miBear right onto High Meadow Trail, heading W.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Upper High Meadow Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miReach Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto High Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  15. 1 miBear right onto Rogue Valley Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miBear left onto High Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.5 miSharp left onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
  19. 400 ftContinue straight onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading W.
  20. 1.6 miTurn left onto Hill Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Permanente Creek Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Coyote Trail, heading S.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

33% dirt3% paved1% boardwalk63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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