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Mission Peak Regional Preserve

Agua Caliente Trail–Laurel Canyon Trail, 3 sights

11.9 mi · ▲ 2,814 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Agua Caliente Trail–Laurel Canyon Trail, 3 sights is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Mission Peak Regional Preserve near Mobilodge of Milpitas, CA. It climbs 2,814 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi909 – 2,484 ft · steepest grade: 20%12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.46106, -121.86427
Nearest town Mobilodge of Milpitas, CA
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Agua Caliente Trail–Laurel Canyon Trail, 3 sights

11.9 mi · ▲ 2,814 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Elevation 909–2,485 ft

Out & Back · Mission Peak Regional Preserve

Trailhead: 37.46106, -121.86427

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftBear left onto Agua Caliente Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miSharp right onto Monument Peak Road, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Monument Peak Trail, heading N.
  6. 2.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mission Peak to Monument Peak Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bay Area Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right onto Laurel Loop Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Laurel Canyon Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miSharp right onto Ranch Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miReach Agua Caliente Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left onto Laurel Canyon Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Laurel Loop Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Bay Area Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left onto Mission Peak to Monument Peak Trail, heading S.
  17. 3.2 miTurn right onto Monument Peak Road, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miSharp left onto Agua Caliente Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftArrive 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/sandy-wool-lake-sandy-wool-lake-out-back-5-sights-21-km

Trail surface

80% dirt1% gravel19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:54 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:14 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:42 PM.

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