Prometheus–Camper Park, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Seep Zone Natural Reserve near Felton, CA. The route reaches Prometheus at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 448 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi715 – 1,168 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bus Stop 37.02094, -122.08391
Nearest town Felton, CA
Directions
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Prometheus–Camper Park, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 717–1,169 ft
Out & Back · Seep Zone Natural Reserve
Trailhead: Bus Stop · 37.02094, -122.08391
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Empire Grade (Mile 13) stop 47 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bus Stop, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto North Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Chinquapin Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Camper Park, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Red Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Spring Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Across Campus, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto LMC Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Prometheus, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Across Campus, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Spring Road, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Red Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Camper Park, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Chinquapin Road, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto North Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bus Stop, heading W.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
42% gravel25% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:50 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Empire Grade (Mile 13) stop 47 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- The Triangle–Arboretum Pond, 5 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 918 ft
- Chinquapin Road & North Meadow Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 249 ft
- Lower Pipeline / Pipe Dream–North Meadow Trail, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Geoff's Trail–North Meadow Trail, 4 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Chinquapin Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 216 ft
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