Gossip Rock–Gossip Rock Trail, 5 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park near Carpenter, CA. The route reaches Gossip Rock. It climbs 1,894 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi246 – 1,175 ft · steepest grade: 36%7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: High Ridge Loop Trail 37.62844, -122.02826
Nearest town Carpenter, CA
Directions
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Gossip Rock–Gossip Rock Trail, 5 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,894 ft · 3 hr 19 min
Elevation 247–1,175 ft
Out & Back · Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Trailhead: High Ridge Loop Trail · 37.62844, -122.02826
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Newt Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Whipsnake Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Gossip Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Gossip Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Pioneer Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Meyers Ranch Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Newt Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 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
12% dirt88% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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