Pine Trail & Rincon Fire Road via Buckeye Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park near Camp Evers, CA. It climbs 1,282 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pine Trail & Rincon Fire Road via Buckeye Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,282 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 54–801 ft
Out & Back · Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Pine Trail · 37.03157, -122.04131
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 77°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Powder Mill Fire Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Rincon Fire Road, heading W.
- 2.8 miReach Pine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.8 miTurn right onto Ridge Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pine Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Powder Mill Fire Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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