MacDonald Trail & Ranch Trail via Goldenrod Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near San Leandro, CA. It climbs 1,533 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi623 – 1,158 ft · steepest grade: 18%11.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.75836, -122.12203
Nearest town San Leandro, CA
Directions
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MacDonald Trail & Ranch Trail via Goldenrod Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,533 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Elevation 623–1,157 ft
Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Trailhead: 37.75836, -122.12203
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Dunkirk Avenue & Glen Artney Street stop 593 m from the trailhead
- Start on Skyline Boulevard Singletrack, heading NW.
- 2.3 miTurn right onto Goldenrod Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ranch Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp left onto MacDonald Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miReach Ranch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ranch Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Goldenrod Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Skyline Boulevard Singletrack, heading NE.
- 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
60% dirt1% gravel39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:54 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 12 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Dunkirk Avenue & Glen Artney Street stop 593 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Goldenrod Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 629 ft
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