Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve–Ranch Trail, 3 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near Eastmont, CA. The route reaches Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve. It climbs 888 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi614 – 1,194 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Grass Valley Trail 37.77765, -122.12667
Nearest town Eastmont, CA
Directions
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Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve–Ranch Trail, 3 sights
7 mi · ▲ 888 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 612–1,194 ft
Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Trailhead: Grass Valley Trail · 37.77765, -122.12667
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Goldenrod Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Skyline Boulevard Singletrack, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve.
- 1.5 miReach Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn left onto Goldenrod Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
79% dirt21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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