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.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,493 ft · steepest grade: 29%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.83983, -122.18931
Nearest town Eastport, CA

Directions

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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 Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Saroni Drive & Glencourt Drive stop 556 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Upper Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miBear left onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Saroni Drive & Glencourt Drive stop 556 m from the trailhead

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