AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mace Mill Loop via Mace Mill Road

15.3 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft · 6 hr 16 min

Mace Mill Loop via Mace Mill Road is a 15.3-mile out-and-back near Quintette, CA. It climbs 2,333 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,789 – 4,101 ft · steepest grade: 17%15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Logging Road 38.92257, -120.69769
Nearest town Quintette, CA
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Mace Mill Loop via Mace Mill Road

15.3 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft · 6 hr 16 min

Elevation 2,788–4,103 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Logging Road · 38.92257, -120.69769

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

  1. Start on Logging Road, heading SE.
  2. 1.3 miTurn right onto Access Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right onto Trail 1, heading NW.
  5. 3.4 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left onto Mace Mill Road, heading E.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NE.
  10. 0.8 miReach Mace Mill Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mace Mill Road, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NW.
  14. 0.8 miSharp right, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading N.
  16. 3.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miSharp right onto Access Road, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mace-mill-loop-out-back-81dd

Trail surface

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.7 mi in (~182 min). Leave by 3:42 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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