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Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail & Skyline Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 1,137 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail & Skyline Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve near Eastport, CA. It climbs 1,137 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,493 ft · steepest grade: 31%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skyline Trail 37.84845, -122.19704
Nearest town Eastport, CA
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Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail & Skyline Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 1,137 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 922–1,493 ft

Out & Back · Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

Trailhead: Skyline Trail · 37.84845, -122.19704

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftTurn right onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading E.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miBear left onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Round Top Loop Trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail), heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-huckleberry-loop-trail-skyline-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:50 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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