Blodgett Experimental Forest

Mosquito Road & Onion Valley Road

9.5 mi · ▲ 942 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Mosquito Road & Onion Valley Road is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Blodgett Experimental Forest near Deer View, CA. It climbs 942 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,757 – 4,524 ft · steepest grade: 24%9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.85229, -120.66481
Nearest town Deer View, CA

Directions

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Mosquito Road & Onion Valley Road

9.5 mi · ▲ 942 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 3,757–4,523 ft

Out & Back · Blodgett Experimental Forest

Trailhead: 38.85229, -120.66481

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start on Mosquito Road, heading NE.
  2. 3.5 miSharp left onto Onion Valley Road, heading NW.
  3. 2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 1 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 1 miBear right onto Mosquito Road, heading S.
  7. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

16% gravel84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 8:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:41 PM.

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