Redtail Trail & Soaring Hawk Trail via Grass Valley Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,329 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Redtail Trail & Soaring Hawk Trail via Grass Valley Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near San Leandro, CA. It climbs 1,329 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Redtail Trail & Soaring Hawk Trail via Grass Valley Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,329 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Elevation 518–1,017 ft
Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Trailhead: Redtail Trail · 37.75880, -122.10492
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Redtail Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Redtail Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto MacDonald Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Soaring Hawk Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach Redtail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto MacDonald Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Grass Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:50 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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