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Hihn Hammond Road–Last Chance Road, 3 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Swanton, CA. It climbs 951 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 1,289 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Last Chance Road 37.14293, -122.24468
Nearest town Swanton, CA

Directions

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Hihn Hammond Road–Last Chance Road, 3 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 951 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 613–1,288 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: Last Chance Road · 37.14293, -122.24468

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

  1. Start on Last Chance Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miSharp right onto Last Chance Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.9 miTurn left onto Hihn Hammond Road, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miReach Last Chance Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Last Chance Trail, heading S.
  6. 1.9 miSharp left onto Last Chance Road, heading NW.
  7. 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

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 85°F54°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity56%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Tue 77°55°
Wed 74°51°
Thu 85°54°
Fri 93°64°
Sat 89°59°
Sun 81°53°

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