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Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

Oil Canyon Trail & Star Mine Trail via Lower Oil Canyon Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Oil Canyon Trail & Star Mine Trail via Lower Oil Canyon Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve near Stewartville, CA. It climbs 496 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 984 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Star Mine Trail 37.94363, -121.83625
Nearest town Stewartville, CA
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Oil Canyon Trail & Star Mine Trail via Lower Oil Canyon Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 450–983 ft

Out & Back · Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

Trailhead: Star Mine Trail · 37.94363, -121.83625

Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

  1. Start on Star Mine Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Oil Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.5 miReach Star Mine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.5 miSharp left onto Star Mine Trail, heading W.
  5. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-oil-canyon-trail-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F62°
Precip2%Wind8 mphUV6Humidity51%
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:54 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:09 PM
Mon 77°61°
Tue 90°54°
Wed 95°58°
Thu 88°58°
Fri 90°57°
Sat 88°55°

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