Indian Joe Cave Rocks–Hayfield Road, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Sunol Regional Wilderness near Scotts Corner, CA. The route reaches Indian Joe Cave Rocks at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 699 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi394 – 906 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ohlone Wilderness Trail 37.51565, -121.83069
Nearest town Scotts Corner, CA
Directions
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Indian Joe Cave Rocks–Hayfield Road, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 392–906 ft
Out & Back · Sunol Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: Ohlone Wilderness Trail · 37.51565, -121.83069
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Shady Glen Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hayfield Road, heading SE.
- 1 miReach Indian Joe Cave Rocks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Shady Glen Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
3% dirt1% boardwalk96% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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