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Moore Creek Upland Open Space Preserve

Long Meadow Trail–Prairie View Trail, 4 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Long Meadow Trail–Prairie View Trail, 4 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Moore Creek Upland Open Space Preserve near Allegro Heights, CA. It climbs 539 ft. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi121 – 538 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prairie View Trail 36.96175, -122.06401
Nearest town Allegro Heights, CA
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Long Meadow Trail–Prairie View Trail, 4 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 122–537 ft

Out & Back · Moore Creek Upland Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Prairie View Trail · 36.96175, -122.06401

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: Mission Street & Shaffer Road stop 213 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Prairie View Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Coast Vista Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading N.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wally World, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Long Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftContinue straight onto Engelsman Loop Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miReach Prairie View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Long Meadow Trail, heading SW.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wally World, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading S.
  26. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right onto Coast Vista Trail, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
  30. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/long-meadow-trail-prairie-view-trail-out-back-4-sights-7-km

Trail surface

28% dirt11% gravel61% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Mission Street & Shaffer Road stop 213 m from the trailhead

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