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Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint & Skyline Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 1,114 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint & Skyline Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve near Montclair, CA. The route reaches Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 1,114 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,493 ft · steepest grade: 27%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skyline Trail 37.84786, -122.19884
Nearest town Montclair, CA
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Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint & Skyline Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 1,114 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 922–1,493 ft

Out & Back · Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

Trailhead: Skyline Trail · 37.84786, -122.19884

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading SE.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.6 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading SE.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 200 ftReach Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading S.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/huckleberry-botanic-regional-preserve-viewpoint-out-back-5-km-507a

Trail surface

88% dirt12% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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