Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Last Chance Road & Last Chance Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Last Chance Road & Last Chance Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Forest Springs, CA. It climbs 852 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 1,125 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hihn Hammond Road 37.16510, -122.22763
Nearest town Forest Springs, CA

Directions

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Last Chance Road & Last Chance Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 613–1,125 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: Hihn Hammond Road · 37.16510, -122.22763

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

  1. Start on Hihn Hammond Road, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Last Chance Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.9 miSharp left onto Last Chance Road, heading S.
  4. 200 ftReach Last Chance Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 200 ftSharp right onto Last Chance Trail, heading E.
  6. 1.9 miTurn right onto Hihn Hammond Road, heading SE.
  7. 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.

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM

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