Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
Skyline Trail via Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail
3 mi · ▲ 1,053 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Skyline Trail via Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve near Eastport, CA. It climbs 1,053 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Skyline Trail via Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail
3 mi · ▲ 1,053 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 922–1,493 ft
Out & Back · Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
Trailhead: 37.83983, -122.18931
Weather Sep 20: Fog, high 59°F / low 52° · precip 2% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Transit-accessible: Saroni Drive & Glencourt Drive stop 556 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Upper Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Saroni Drive & Glencourt Drive stop 556 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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