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Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

Round Top–Upper Huckleberry Viewpoint, 3 summits

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,421 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Round Top–Upper Huckleberry Viewpoint, 3 summits is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve near Eastport, CA. The route passes Upper Huckleberry Viewpoint before reaching Round Top at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,421 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,739 ft · steepest grade: 29%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Huckleberry Loop Trail 37.84226, -122.19440
Nearest town Eastport, CA
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Round Top–Upper Huckleberry Viewpoint, 3 summits

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,421 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 922–1,740 ft

Out & Back · Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

Trailhead: Upper Huckleberry Loop Trail · 37.84226, -122.19440

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Arrowhead Drive & Glencourt Drive stop 410 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Upper Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Upper Huckleberry Viewpoint.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right onto Round Top Loop Trail, heading SE.
  6. 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
  7. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miReach Round Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 350 ftSharp left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Huckleberry Loop Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.6 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.6 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/round-top-huckleberry-botanic-regional-preserve-viewpoint-out-back-5-km-8c6e

Trail surface

87% dirt13% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Arrowhead Drive & Glencourt Drive stop 410 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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