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Leonard Redwood Grove & Sequoia Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Riverside Grove, CA. The route reaches Leonard Redwood Grove. It climbs 300 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi971 – 1,093 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.17578, -122.20755
Nearest town Riverside Grove, CA

Directions

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Leonard Redwood Grove & Sequoia Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 972–1,094 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: 37.17578, -122.20755

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

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right onto Shadowbrook Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right onto Bob Kirsch Trail, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftBear right onto Sequoia Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miPass Leonard Redwood Grove.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Skyline To The Sea Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miReach Leonard Redwood Grove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Redwood Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miBear left onto Bob Kirsch Trail, heading E.
  16. 250 ftSharp left onto Shadowbrook Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

4% dirt2% paved94% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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