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DeLaveaga Park

Beehive Tree–Branciforte Creek Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 661 ft · 2 hr

Beehive Tree–Branciforte Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in DeLaveaga Park near Live Oak, CA. The route reaches Beehive Tree at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 661 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi92 – 331 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brookwood Drive 36.99714, -121.99129
Nearest town Live Oak, CA
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Beehive Tree–Branciforte Creek Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 661 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 91–332 ft

Out & Back · DeLaveaga Park

Trailhead: Brookwood Drive · 36.99714, -121.99129

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Brookwood Drive, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 1.4 miSharp right onto To Upper Park Road, heading S.
  6. 300 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wizard Hat, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto Branciforte Creek Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miReach Beehive Tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Wizard Hat, heading S.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto To Upper Park Road, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  14. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Brookwood Drive, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/la-corona-top-of-the-world-lookout-out-back-8-km-c9ef

Trail surface

71% paved9% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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