Meyers Ranch Trail & Newt Pond Trail via High Ridge Loop Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park near Carpenter, CA. It climbs 1,246 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi246 – 942 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.62979, -122.02871
Nearest town Carpenter, CA
Directions
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Meyers Ranch Trail & Newt Pond Trail via High Ridge Loop Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,246 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 247–941 ft
Out & Back · Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Trailhead: 37.62979, -122.02871
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Homestead Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Newt Pond Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Meyers Ranch Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach Newt Pond Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto High Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Newt Pond Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Homestead Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 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
3% dirt97% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Jordan Pond–High Ridge Loop Trail, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 560 ft
- High Ridge Loop Trail–Meyers Ranch Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 1,265 ft
- Gossip Rock–Gossip Rock Trail, 5 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,894 ft
- Meyers Dry Creek Garden–F.D. 143, 6 sights 9 mi · ▲ 2,244 ft
- Newt Pond Trail–Tolman Peak Trail, 3 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,020 ft
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