Loma Prieta Grade & Trout Gulch Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park near Monte Toyon, CA. It climbs 557 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi256 – 807 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Trout Gulch Trail 37.02414, -121.89016
Nearest town Monte Toyon, CA
Directions
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Loma Prieta Grade & Trout Gulch Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 255–807 ft
Out & Back · The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Trailhead: Trout Gulch Trail · 37.02414, -121.89016
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Trout Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Millpond Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Loma Prieta Grade, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Trout Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Millpond Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Trout Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 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
13% dirt87% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:51 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Trout Gulch Trail Trailhead
- Aptos Creek Fire Road & Trout Gulch Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 499 ft
- The Advocate Tree–Aptos Rancho Viewpoint, 6 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft
- Aptos Creek Road–Big Stump Gap Trail, 5 sights 14 mi · ▲ 2,311 ft
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