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Enid Pearson-Arastradero Preserve

Madera Point–Sobey Pond, 5 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 531 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Madera Point–Sobey Pond, 5 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Enid Pearson-Arastradero Preserve near Ladera, CA. The route passes Arastradero Lake and Sobey Pond before reaching Madera Point at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 531 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi285 – 856 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.38715, -122.17439
Nearest town Ladera, CA
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Madera Point–Sobey Pond, 5 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 531 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 284–857 ft

Out & Back · Enid Pearson-Arastradero Preserve

Trailhead: 37.38715, -122.17439

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miPass Arastradero Lake.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Arastradero Creek Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miPass Sobey Pond.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Woodrat Trail, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Arastradero Creek Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Madera Point, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftReach Madera Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Arastradero Creek Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Woodrat Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Arastradero Creek Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Juan Bautista de Anza Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.5 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/madera-point-sobey-pond-out-back-3-lakes-7-km-c687

Trail surface

84% gravel16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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