Chalks Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,359 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Chalks Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Swanton, CA. It climbs 1,359 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Chalks Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,359 ft · 2 hr 51 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 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 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.
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 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.
More from this trailhead
- 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
- High Viewpoint & Whitehouse Ridge Viewpoint via Chalks Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,648 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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