Palos Colorados Trail & Sunset Loop
2.1 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 58 min
Palos Colorados Trail & Sunset Loop is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Joaquin Miller Park near Redwood Heights, CA. It climbs 540 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Palos Colorados Trail & Sunset Loop
2.1 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 58 min
Elevation 540–1,099 ft
Out & Back · Joaquin Miller Park
Trailhead: Sinawik Loop · 37.81135, -122.18619
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Joaquin Miller Road & Robinson Drive stop 307 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sinawik Loop, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sunset Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Palos Colorados Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miReach Sunset Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Sunset Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sinawik Loop, heading E.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Joaquin Miller Road & Robinson Drive stop 307 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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