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San Leandro Watershed

Ramage Peak Trail–Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, 3 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,080 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Ramage Peak Trail–Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in San Leandro Watershed near Alamo, CA. It climbs 1,080 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,148 – 2,024 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rocky Ridge Loop Trail 37.81706, -122.06392
Nearest town Alamo, CA
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Ramage Peak Trail–Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, 3 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,080 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,147–2,023 ft

Out & Back · San Leandro Watershed

Trailhead: Rocky Ridge Loop Trail · 37.81706, -122.06392

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

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading SE.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Ramage Peak Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miReach Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.8 miBear left onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading NW.
  14. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.5 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/rocky-ridge-loop-trail-out-back-1f53

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:54 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM — 13 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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