AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

San Leandro Watershed

Rifle Range Road

3.9 mi · ▲ 620 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Rifle Range Road is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in San Leandro Watershed near Castro Valley, CA. It climbs 620 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi633 – 1,037 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rifle Range Road 37.72196, -122.06797
Nearest town Castro Valley, CA
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Rifle Range Road

3.9 mi · ▲ 620 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 633–1,038 ft

Out & Back · San Leandro Watershed

Trailhead: Rifle Range Road · 37.72196, -122.06797

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

  1. Start on Rifle Range Road, heading N.
  2. 2 miReach Rifle Range Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rifle-range-road-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:51 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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