Cable Car Beach & Rincon Fire Road via Buckeye Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park near Rincon, CA. The route reaches Cable Car Beach. It climbs 1,430 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi56 – 659 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pine Trail 37.02900, -122.04501
Nearest town Rincon, CA
Directions
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Cable Car Beach & Rincon Fire Road via Buckeye Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Elevation 54–660 ft
Out & Back · Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Pine Trail · 37.02900, -122.04501
Weather Aug 4: Fog, high 76°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Pine Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Eagle Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass Cable Car Beach.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rincon Fire Road, heading S.
- 2.8 miReach Cable Car Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.8 miContinue straight onto Pipeline Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Eagle Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Pine Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 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
30% paved10% dirt60% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 76°F52°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV8Humidity100%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:15 PM
Wed
78°53°
Thu
93°57°
Fri
101°63°
Sat
95°64°
Sun
91°56°
Mon
82°53°
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
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- Observation Deck–Cable Car Beach, 3 beaches 3 mi · ▲ 602 ft
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