Huck's Trail via Honker Bay Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Chabot Regional Park near Castro Valley, CA. It climbs 549 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi226 – 518 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ten Hills Trail 37.72141, -122.09519
Nearest town Castro Valley, CA
Directions
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Huck's Trail via Honker Bay Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 227–519 ft
Out & Back · Lake Chabot Regional Park
Trailhead: Ten Hills Trail · 37.72141, -122.09519
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Ten Hills Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto East Shore Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bridge Walk, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Huck's Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Honker Bay Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miReach Huck's Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Huck's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Honker Bay Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto East Shore Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ten Hills Trail, heading S.
- 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 surface
76% dirt24% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Ten Hills Trail Trailhead
- Honker Bay Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Towhee Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 800 ft
- Columbine Trail–Lost Ridge Trail, 3 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,942 ft
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