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Devil's Pulpit–North Peak Trail, 3 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Marsh Creek Springs, CA. The route reaches Devil's Pulpit at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 2,245 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,135 – 3,389 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prospector's Gap Road 37.88624, -121.87903
Nearest town Marsh Creek Springs, CA

Directions

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Devil's Pulpit–North Peak Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 2,245 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Elevation 1,134–3,390 ft

Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park

Trailhead: Prospector's Gap Road · 37.88624, -121.87903

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

  1. Start on Prospector's Gap Road, heading S.
  2. 2.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto North Peak Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miReach Devil's Pulpit, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Prospector's Gap Road, heading E.
  7. 2.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:09 PM

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