AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

San Francisco Peninsula Watershed

Old Cañada Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,651 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Old Cañada Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in San Francisco Peninsula Watershed near Redwood Park, CA. It climbs 1,651 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi427 – 2,064 ft · steepest grade: 36%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 37.44670, -122.33185
Nearest town Redwood Park, CA
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Old Cañada Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,651 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 427–2,065 ft

Out & Back · San Francisco Peninsula Watershed

Trailhead: connector · 37.44670, -122.33185

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 1.9 miTurn left onto Old Cañada Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miReach Old Cañada Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-canada-road-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.

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