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Baldy Trail–Mount Wittenberg Trail, 6 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Point Reyes National Seashore near Inverness Park, CA. It climbs 2,050 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 1,283 ft · steepest grade: 21%11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sky Trailhead 38.05498, -122.83801
Nearest town Inverness Park, CA

Directions

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Baldy Trail–Mount Wittenberg Trail, 6 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 2,050 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 180–1,282 ft

Out & Back · Point Reyes National Seashore

Trailhead: Sky Trailhead · 38.05498, -122.83801

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 75°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:20 PM

  1. Start on Sky Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right onto Z Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miBear right onto Wittenberg Summit, heading SE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Mount Wittenberg Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sky Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1 miContinue straight onto Old Pine Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Sky Trail, heading SE.
  9. 1.3 miBear left onto Baldy Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miReach Sky Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.1 miBear right onto Sky Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.3 miBear left onto Old Pine Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sky Trail, heading N.
  14. 1 miContinue straight onto Mount Wittenberg Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Wittenberg Summit, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftBear left onto Z Ranch Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.7 miSharp left onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sky Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.8 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

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 75°F55°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity77%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:17 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:20 PM
Tue 65°53°
Wed 64°53°
Thu 66°50°
Fri 66°50°
Sat 66°50°
Sun 63°51°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:53 PM for the 8:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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