Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument
Pond 3A & South Fork East Branch Liddell Creek Road
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Pond 3A & South Fork East Branch Liddell Creek Road is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument near Davenport, CA. The route reaches Pond 3A. It climbs 1,188 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Pond 3A & South Fork East Branch Liddell Creek Road
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 37–473 ft
Out & Back · Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument
Trailhead: 37.00935, -122.18413
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 68°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Pond 3A.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Rios Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Fork Liddell Creek Road, heading SW.
- 2.5 miReach Pond 3A, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Rios Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:54 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:44 PM.
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