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Jabba the Hut Rock–The Shade Tree, 7 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back in Round Valley Regional Preserve near Brentwood, CA. The route passes Treebeard, The Shade Tree, Frog Pond and Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring before reaching Jabba the Hut Rock at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 1,990 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi230 – 2,064 ft · steepest grade: 23%13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.86816, -121.75029
Nearest town Brentwood, CA

Directions

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Jabba the Hut Rock–The Shade Tree, 7 sights

13 mi · ▲ 1,990 ft · 5 hr 20 min

Elevation 229–2,065 ft

Out & Back · Round Valley Regional Preserve

Trailhead: 37.86816, -121.75029

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Miwok Trail, heading W.
  3. 5.3 miTurn right onto Blue Oak Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Hummingbird Trail, heading SW.
  5. 400 ftTurn left onto Volvon Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miPass Treebeard.
  7. 0.2 miPass The Shade Tree.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Condor Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miPass Frog Pond.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 500 ftPass Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring.
  12. 350 ftReach Jabba the Hut Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miBear left onto Volvon Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hummingbird Trail, heading NE.
  15. 400 ftBear right onto Blue Oak Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Miwok Trail, heading NW.
  17. 5.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.4 mi in (~184 min). Leave by 4:10 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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