High Viewpoint & Whitehouse Ridge Viewpoint via Chalks Road
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,648 ft · 3 hr 19 min
High Viewpoint & Whitehouse Ridge Viewpoint via Chalks Road is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Swanton, CA. The route passes Whitehouse Ridge Viewpoint before reaching High Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 1,648 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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High Viewpoint & Whitehouse Ridge Viewpoint via Chalks Road
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,648 ft · 3 hr 19 min
Elevation 680–1,578 ft
Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: 37.13635, -122.29764
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Chalks Truck Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Chalks Road, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Whitehouse Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Whitehouse Ridge Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miReach High Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Chalks Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Chalks Truck Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.
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More from this trailhead
- Chalks Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,359 ft
- Whitehouse Ridge Viewpoint & Whitehouse Ridge Trail via Chalks Road 9.1 mi · ▲ 2,374 ft
- Whitehouse Road via Chalks Road 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,995 ft
- Westridge Viewpoint & Westridge Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,218 ft
- Chalk Mountain & Chalks Truck Viewpoint via Chalks Truck Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft
- Green Oaks Way 2.6 mi · ▲ 529 ft
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