Long Meadow Trail–Old Cabin Trail Loop, 5 sights is a 7.8-mile loop in Wilder Ranch State Park near Allegro Heights, CA. It climbs 1,050 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi49 – 715 ft8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cowboy Loop Trail 36.96604, -122.08349
Nearest town Allegro Heights, CA
Directions
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Long Meadow Trail–Old Cabin Trail Loop, 5 sights
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,050 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 50–717 ft
Loop · Wilder Ranch State Park
Trailhead: Cowboy Loop Trail · 36.96604, -122.08349
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 69°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Engelsman Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Long Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wally World, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Long Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Wild Boar Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Cabin Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Eucalyptus Loop, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Eucalyptus cutoff, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Twin Oaks Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wilder Ridge Loop, heading SE.
- 1.4 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
51% dirt21% gravel28% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 69°F55°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity95%
Hourly temperature
70°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:15 PM
Tue
66°55°
Wed
68°54°
Thu
76°59°
Fri
84°62°
Sat
83°64°
Sun
74°61°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:42 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Cowboy Loop Trail Trailhead
- Wilder Ridge Loop 3 mi · ▲ 359 ft
- Engelsman Loop Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 471 ft
- Engelsman Loop Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 499 ft
- Wild Boar Trail via Engelsman Loop Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 585 ft
- Ridge Loop & Wilder Ridge Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 343 ft
- Enchanted Loop–Eucalyptus Loop, 3 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 635 ft
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