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Mary Davey Memorial–Chamise Trail, 4 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near Los Altos Hills, CA. The route reaches Mary Davey Memorial. It climbs 1,488 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi453 – 1,129 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rhus Ridge Trail 37.35200, -122.13796
Nearest town Los Altos Hills, CA

Directions

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Mary Davey Memorial–Chamise Trail, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,488 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Elevation 453–1,129 ft

Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Rhus Ridge Trail · 37.35200, -122.13796

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

Horses allowed on the whole route · No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rhus Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left onto Chamise Trail, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftPass Mary Davey Memorial.
  4. 2.4 miBear right onto Ravensbury Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Mora Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miReach Mary Davey Memorial, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Ravensbury Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Chamise Trail, heading SW.
  9. 2.4 miTurn right onto Rhus Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.9 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

50% dirt50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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