F.D. 143–Meyers Ranch Trail, 5 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park near Union City, CA. It climbs 1,910 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi200 – 1,476 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.63912, -121.98938
Nearest town Union City, CA
Directions
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F.D. 143–Meyers Ranch Trail, 5 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 1,910 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Elevation 200–1,477 ft
Out & Back · Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Trailhead: 37.63912, -121.98938
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Whipsnake Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Pioneer Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Tolman Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left onto F.D. 143, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pioneer Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Meyers Ranch Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Whipsnake Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 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
1% dirt99% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:43 PM.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Whipsnake Trail via High Ridge Loop Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 380 ft
- Gossip Rock–Gossip Rock Trail, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 576 ft
- Jordan Pond–High Ridge Loop Trail, 4 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,113 ft
- Tolman Peak Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 975 ft
- Meyers Dry Creek Garden–Pioneer Trail, 3 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 1,397 ft
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