Parking Lot Rock & Lyme Disease Rock via Skyline Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Sanborn County Park near Saratoga, CA. The route passes Lyme Disease Rock before reaching Parking Lot Rock at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 664 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,848 – 3,153 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Skyline Trail 37.21957, -122.07378
Nearest town Saratoga, CA
Directions
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Parking Lot Rock & Lyme Disease Rock via Skyline Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 2,849–3,154 ft
Out & Back · Sanborn County Park
Trailhead: Skyline Trail · 37.21957, -122.07378
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 87°F / low 71° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start on Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lyme Disease Rock.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Castle Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Parking Lot Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 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
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 87°F71°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
90°70°
Sunrise 6:15 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:15 PM
Tue
85°64°
Wed
82°50°
Thu
93°50°
Fri
99°57°
Sat
97°59°
Sun
91°51°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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