Jewel Lake–Lower Packrat Trail, 5 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park near Cragmont, CA. The route reaches Jewel Lake. It climbs 914 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi367 – 840 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Selby Trail 37.90431, -122.26756
Nearest town Cragmont, CA
Directions
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Jewel Lake–Lower Packrat Trail, 5 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 914 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Elevation 366–839 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
Trailhead: Selby Trail · 37.90431, -122.26756
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Spruce Street & Grizzly Peak Boulevard stop 193 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Selby Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Memory Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Upper Packrat Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Jewel Lake.
- 200 ftBear right onto Lower Packrat Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Upper Packrat Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lower Packrat Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Wildcat Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Rifle Range Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Jewel Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Wildcat Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Lower Packrat Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Upper Packrat Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Packrat Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Upper Packrat Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Memory Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Selby Trail, heading SW.
- 150 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
83% dirt17% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 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.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Spruce Street & Grizzly Peak Boulevard stop 193 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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