Lake Anza Beach–Curran Trail, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Tilden Regional Park near Cragmont, CA. The route reaches Lake Anza Beach. It climbs 986 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi682 – 1,171 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Selby Trail 37.90431, -122.26756
Nearest town Cragmont, CA
Directions
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Lake Anza Beach–Curran Trail, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 986 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 681–1,171 ft
Out & Back · Tilden Regional Park
Trailhead: Selby Trail · 37.90431, -122.26756
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Spruce Street & Grizzly Peak Boulevard stop 193 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Selby Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Lake Anza Beach.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Curran Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Lake Anza Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Seaview Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Curran Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Brook Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right onto Selby Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.7 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
77% dirt2% paved21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Spruce Street & Grizzly Peak Boulevard stop 193 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Selby Trail Trailhead
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- Wildcat Peak–Rotary Peace Grove Overlook, 8 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 978 ft
- Rotary Peace Grove–Jewel Lake, 7 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,061 ft
- Lake Anza Beach–Curran Trail, 5 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft
- Jewel Lake–Lower Packrat Trail, 5 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 914 ft
- Seaview Viewpoint–Lake Anza Beach, 6 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,931 ft
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