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Anthony Chabot Regional Park

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.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Redtail Trail 37.75880, -122.10492
Nearest town San Leandro, CA
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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 Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Redtail Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.4 miTurn right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
  3. 150 ftBear left onto Redtail Trail, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Grass Valley Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto MacDonald Trail, heading N.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Soaring Hawk Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.2 miReach Redtail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto MacDonald Trail, heading S.
  14. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 200 ftSharp left onto Grass Valley Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading S.
  17. 350 ftBear right onto Grass Valley Trail, heading SE.
  18. 100 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  19. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/marciel-road-out-back

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:44 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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