Meyers Dry Creek Garden–Jordan Pond, 5 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park near Union City, CA. The route passes Meyers Dry Creek Garden before reaching Jordan Pond at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 1,873 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 1,175 ft · steepest grade: 24%8.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: May Trail 37.60829, -122.01770
Nearest town Union City, CA
Directions
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Meyers Dry Creek Garden–Jordan Pond, 5 sights
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,873 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Elevation 118–1,175 ft
Out & Back · Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Trailhead: May Trail · 37.60829, -122.01770
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Transit-accessible: Mission Boulevard & Whipple Road stop 293 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on High Ridge Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Meyers Dry Creek Garden.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading E.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Newt Pond Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftPass Jordan Pond.
- 0.1 miReach Meyers Dry Creek Garden, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Newt Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading E.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Pioneer Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading N.
- 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
10% dirt2% gravel88% 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 8:43 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Mission Boulevard & Whipple Road stop 293 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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