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Newark Slough Learning Center & Newark Slough Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge near Jarvis Landing, CA. The route reaches Newark Slough Learning Center at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 36 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.52597, -122.05672
Nearest town Jarvis Landing, CA

Directions

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Newark Slough Learning Center & Newark Slough Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation -2–36 ft

Out & Back · Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: 37.52597, -122.05672

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

  1. Start on Newark Slough Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftReach Newark Slough Learning Center, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 1.5 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

65% gravel6% boardwalk29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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