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Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

High Meadow Viewpoint–Hill Trail, 5 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 2 hr 43 min

High Meadow Viewpoint–Hill Trail, 5 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near The Highlands, CA. The route reaches High Meadow Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 1,235 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi338 – 955 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Meadow Trail 37.33319, -122.09443
Nearest town The Highlands, CA
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High Meadow Viewpoint–Hill Trail, 5 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 339–956 ft

Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Lower Meadow Trail · 37.33319, -122.09443

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

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Lower Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hill Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading W.
  7. 400 ftBear left onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftReach High Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miBear right onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading W.
  11. 400 ftContinue straight onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading E.
  12. 1.6 miTurn left onto Hill Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left onto Lower Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-meadow-viewpoint-out-back-10-km-c44a

Trail surface

8% gravel6% paved86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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