Prairie View Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Moore Creek Upland Open Space Preserve near Rincon, CA. It climbs 439 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi121 – 574 ft4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 36.98993, -122.06956
Nearest town Rincon, CA
Directions
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Prairie View Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 122–574 ft
Out & Back · Moore Creek Upland Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: 36.98993, -122.06956
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Empire Grade & Heller Drive stop 193 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Coast Vista Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Prairie View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Coast Vista Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 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
17% dirt83% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:08 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Empire Grade & Heller Drive stop 193 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Dimeo Lane–Eucalyptus Loop, 6 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 1,222 ft
- Tree 9–Chinquapin Road, 7 sights 11 mi · ▲ 1,194 ft
- Prairie View Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 358 ft
- Prairie View Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 325 ft
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