Nutmeg Trail & Red Mountain Trail via Saratoga Toll Road Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Castle Rock State Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 957 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,742 – 2,536 ft6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Saratoga Toll Road Trail 37.23976, -122.14823
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA
Directions
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Nutmeg Trail & Red Mountain Trail via Saratoga Toll Road Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 957 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,744–2,537 ft
Out & Back · Castle Rock State Park
Trailhead: Saratoga Toll Road Trail · 37.23976, -122.14823
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Saratoga Toll Road Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 miSharp left onto Skyline To The Sea Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Nutmeg Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skyline To The Sea Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Red Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Nutmeg Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Skyline To The Sea Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nutmeg Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Skyline To The Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Saratoga Toll Road Trail, heading E.
- 2.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
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