High Meadow Trail & Wildcat Loop Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near Loyola, CA. It climbs 524 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi407 – 889 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Chamise Trail 37.33790, -122.10655
Nearest town Loyola, CA
Directions
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High Meadow Trail & Wildcat Loop Trail
3 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 408–890 ft
Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Chamise Trail · 37.33790, -122.10655
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 68°F / low 55° · precip 1% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Chamise Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ravensbury Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Rogue Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto High Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto High Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ravensbury Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Chamise Trail, heading NW.
- 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
14% dirt86% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 68°F55°
Precip1%Wind2 mphUV6Humidity88%
Hourly temperature
70°55°
Sunrise 6:55 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:10 PM
Mon
75°56°
Tue
82°52°
Wed
90°55°
Thu
88°56°
Fri
85°56°
Sat
87°52°
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
Other ways to reach this destination
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