McClure Spring–Hidden Valley Trail, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Mission Peak Regional Preserve near Warm Springs District, CA. The route reaches McClure Spring at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,810 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi381 – 2,165 ft · steepest grade: 33%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hidden Valley Trail 37.50440, -121.90838
Nearest town Warm Springs District, CA
Directions
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McClure Spring–Hidden Valley Trail, 3 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,810 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 381–2,166 ft
Out & Back · Mission Peak Regional Preserve
Trailhead: Hidden Valley Trail · 37.50440, -121.90838
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hidden Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Peak Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Grove Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach McClure Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Heaven Trail, heading NE.
- 2.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hidden Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 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
47% dirt6% gravel47% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:54 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:14 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:43 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Grove Trail–Hidden Valley Trail, 5 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,961 ft
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