Jugs via Barking Dogs
3.3 mi · ▲ 938 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Jugs via Barking Dogs is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Wilder Ranch State Park near Bonny Doon, CA. It climbs 938 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Jugs via Barking Dogs
3.3 mi · ▲ 938 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 717–1,316 ft
Out & Back · Wilder Ranch State Park
Trailhead: 37.01877, -122.10898
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Barking Dogs, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Jugs, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Jugs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barking Dogs, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Woodcutter's Trail 7 mi · ▲ 1,186 ft
- Woodcutter's Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,104 ft
- Woodcutter's Trail 4 mi · ▲ 757 ft
- Woodcutter's Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 757 ft
- Barking Dogs 2.2 mi · ▲ 522 ft
- Turbo via Barking Dogs 3.2 mi · ▲ 948 ft
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