Randol Viewpoint–Day Tunnel Trail, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Almaden Quicksilver County Park near English Town, CA. The route reaches Randol Viewpoint. It climbs 818 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi443 – 1,063 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Virl O. Norton Trail 37.19109, -121.82799
Nearest town English Town, CA
Directions
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Randol Viewpoint–Day Tunnel Trail, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 818 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 441–1,063 ft
Out & Back · Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Trailhead: Virl O. Norton Trail · 37.19109, -121.82799
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
- Start on Virl O. Norton Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Hacienda Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Capehorn Pass Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Randol Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Day Tunnel Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Randol Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Randol Viewpoint.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Santa Isabel Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Randol Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Randol Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Day Tunnel Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Randol Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Capehorn Pass Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hacienda Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Virl O. Norton Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt22% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:09 PM
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