Lake Boris & Shadow Cliffs Beach via Iron Horse Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area near East Pleasanton, CA. The route passes Shadow Cliffs Beach before reaching Lake Boris at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 89 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi348 – 430 ft7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.68890, -121.80543
Nearest town East Pleasanton, CA
Directions
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Lake Boris & Shadow Cliffs Beach via Iron Horse Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 89 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 346–430 ft
Out & Back · Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area
Trailhead: 37.68890, -121.80543
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
Transit-accessible: Jack London & Voyager stop 353 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Iron Horse Trail, heading W.
- 2.4 miPass Shadow Cliffs Beach.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Lake Boris, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 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
15% gravel85% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:14 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:54 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:14 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:43 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Jack London & Voyager stop 353 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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