Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park

High Ridge Loop Trail & Ridge View Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 16 min

High Ridge Loop Trail & Ridge View Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park near Union City, CA. It climbs 397 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi135 – 479 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Ridge Loop Trail 37.61040, -122.01709
Nearest town Union City, CA

Directions

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High Ridge Loop Trail & Ridge View Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 135–480 ft

Out & Back · Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park

Trailhead: High Ridge Loop Trail · 37.61040, -122.01709

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Transit-accessible: Mission Boulevard & Whipple Road stop 497 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on High Ridge Loop Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.6 miReach High Ridge Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 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

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:52 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Mission Boulevard & Whipple Road stop 497 m from the trailhead

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