Loch Lomond City Recreation Area
Loch Lomond & Loch Loop Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,184 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Loch Lomond & Loch Loop Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Loch Lomond City Recreation Area near Lompico, CA. The route reaches Loch Lomond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,184 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Loch Lomond & Loch Loop Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,184 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 589–1,166 ft
Out & Back · Loch Lomond City Recreation Area
Trailhead: Gilchrist Trail · 37.11082, -122.06119
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 77°F / low 55° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gilchrist Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Loch Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Loch Sloy Service Road, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Loch Lomond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right onto Loch Loop Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Loch Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Gilchrist Trail, heading W.
- 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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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