Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint & Skyline Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve near Claremont, CA. The route reaches Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 2,333 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi922 – 1,683 ft · steepest grade: 29%10.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.87846, -122.22657
Nearest town Claremont, CA
Directions
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Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint & Skyline Trail
10 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Elevation 922–1,683 ft
Out & Back · Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Trailhead: 37.87846, -122.22657
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Transit-accessible: Redwood Valley Railway stop 386 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftReach Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 3.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
91% dirt1% paved8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Redwood Valley Railway stop 386 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Skyline Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,296 ft
- Skyline Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,289 ft
- Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail & Skyline Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 2,412 ft
- Upper Huckleberry Viewpoint–Skyline Trail, 3 sights 11 mi · ▲ 2,516 ft
- Round Top via Skyline Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,543 ft
- Pond Trail & Quarry Trail via Skyline Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,228 ft
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