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Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

Mora Viewpoint–Coyote Trail, 5 sights

4 mi · ▲ 642 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Mora Viewpoint–Coyote Trail, 5 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near The Highlands, CA. The route reaches Mora Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 642 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi338 – 627 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Meadow Trail 37.33319, -122.09443
Nearest town The Highlands, CA
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Mora Viewpoint–Coyote Trail, 5 sights

4 mi · ▲ 642 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 339–626 ft

Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Lower Meadow Trail · 37.33319, -122.09443

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Lower Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hill Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Coyote Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miSharp right onto Farm Bypass Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Meadow Trail, heading E.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mora Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miReach Mora Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Farm Bypass Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left onto Coyote Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Hill Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rancho San Antonio Bike Path, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left onto Lower Meadow Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mora-viewpoint-out-back-7-km-3e7d

Trail surface

44% gravel29% paved27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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