Phyllis Ellman Trail–Reed Ranch Fire Road, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve near Meadowsweet, CA. It climbs 548 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi10 – 581 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Phyllis Ellman Trailhead 37.92041, -122.49404
Nearest town Meadowsweet, CA
Directions
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Phyllis Ellman Trail–Reed Ranch Fire Road, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 56 min
Elevation 10–581 ft
Out & Back · Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Phyllis Ellman Trailhead · 37.92041, -122.49404
Weather Aug 5: Fog, high 74°F / low 56° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto New Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ring Mountain Fire Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Reed Ranch Fire Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Turtle Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Shepherd Way Fire Road, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Phyllis Ellman Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Turtle Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Reed Ranch Fire Road, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Ring Mountain Fire Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto New Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Phyllis Ellman Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 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
1% dirt99% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 74°F56°
Precip1%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity99%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:17 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Thu
75°55°
Fri
74°54°
Sat
75°55°
Sun
71°55°
Mon
70°54°
Tue
69°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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