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Santa Rosalia Viewpoint–Sand Point Overlook, 7 sights is a 16.2-mile out-and-back in Soquel Demonstration State Forest near Day Valley, CA. The route passes Santa Rosalia Viewpoint before reaching Sand Point Overlook at the turnaround, 8.1 miles in. It climbs 2,705 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,326 – 2,595 ft16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hihns Sulphur Spring Road 37.08196, -121.85056
Nearest town Day Valley, CA

Directions

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Santa Rosalia Viewpoint–Sand Point Overlook, 7 sights

16.2 mi · ▲ 2,705 ft · 6 hr 45 min

Elevation 1,325–2,596 ft

Out & Back · Soquel Demonstration State Forest

Trailhead: Hihns Sulphur Spring Road · 37.08196, -121.85056

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hihns Sulphur Spring Road, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Hihn's Mill Road, heading W.
  3. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Corral Road, heading E.
  4. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miPass Santa Rosalia Viewpoint.
  6. 150 ftSharp right onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto Upper Bacon Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading S.
  9. 1.3 miBear right onto Lower Bacon Trail, heading S.
  10. 450 ftBear left onto Pig Trail, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading SW.
  12. 1.2 miPass Sand Point Overlook.
  13. 200 ftReach Santa Rosalia Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 1.2 miTurn left onto Pig Trail, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Lower Bacon Trail, heading SE.
  16. 450 ftBear left onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading E.
  17. 1.3 miTurn left onto Upper Bacon Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading N.
  19. 100 ftSharp left onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Corral Road, heading NW.
  21. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Hihn's Sulphur Spring Road, heading NW.
  22. 2.1 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hihns Sulphur Spring Road, heading E.
  24. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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