Mary Davey Memorial–Mora Viewpoint, 7 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near Loyola, CA. The route passes Mora Viewpoint before reaching Mary Davey Memorial at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 2,047 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi381 – 1,129 ft · steepest grade: 15%12.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mora Trail 37.33608, -122.09912
Nearest town Loyola, CA
Directions
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Mary Davey Memorial–Mora Viewpoint, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,047 ft · 5 hr 9 min
Elevation 379–1,129 ft
Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Mora Trail · 37.33608, -122.09912
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Mora Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Mora Viewpoint.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Farm Bypass Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Coyote Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto High Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ravensbury Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Chamise Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 miReach Mary Davey Memorial, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miSharp right onto Ravensbury Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Rogue Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto High Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Bay Tree Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Stephen E. Abbors Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Coyote Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Farm Bypass Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mora Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
14% dirt10% gravel7% paved69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.5 mi in (~171 min). Leave by 5:03 PM for the 8:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
Other ways to reach this destination
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