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Sandy Wool Lake–Agua Caliente Trail, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Ed R. Levin County Park near Mobilodge of Milpitas, CA. The route reaches Sandy Wool Lake. It climbs 1,608 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi633 – 1,618 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tularcitos Trail 37.45769, -121.86333
Nearest town Mobilodge of Milpitas, CA

Directions

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Sandy Wool Lake–Agua Caliente Trail, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,608 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 634–1,616 ft

Out & Back · Ed R. Levin County Park

Trailhead: Tularcitos Trail · 37.45769, -121.86333

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tularcitos Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Sandy Wool Lake.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Agua Caliente Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right onto Monument Peak Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miSharp left onto Monument Peak Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miReach Sandy Wool Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Monument Peak Road, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Agua Caliente Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tularcitos Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:45 PM for the 8:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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