Porter Trail & Powerline via Aptos Creek Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park near Monte Toyon, CA. It climbs 883 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Porter Trail & Powerline via Aptos Creek Road
4.2 mi · ▲ 883 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 167–756 ft
Out & Back · The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Trailhead: Powerline · 37.00652, -121.91548
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Powerline, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Aptos Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Porter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Aptos Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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 6:49 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:09 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:35 PM.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Aptos Creek Road
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