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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 Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ranch Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Goldenrod Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right onto Skyline Boulevard Singletrack, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miPass Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve.
  6. 1.5 miReach Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2 miTurn left onto Goldenrod Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left onto Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
  10. 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 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~73 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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