Saratoga Gap Trail–Service Road Trail, 3 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Castle Rock State Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 1,315 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,093 – 2,907 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.25553, -122.11795
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA
Directions
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Saratoga Gap Trail–Service Road Trail, 3 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 1,315 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 2,095–2,906 ft
Out & Back · Castle Rock State Park
Trailhead: 37.25553, -122.11795
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 90°F / low 68° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Service Road Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Loughry Woods Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Service Road Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Saratoga Gap Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Frog Flat Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Saratoga Gap Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Frog Flat Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Saratoga Gap Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Service Road Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Loughry Woods Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Service Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 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 surface
96% dirt1% gravel3% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 90°F68°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity42%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:15 PM
Tue
85°66°
Wed
86°53°
Thu
92°49°
Fri
96°54°
Sat
96°56°
Sun
96°52°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:55 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:15 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:44 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Lookout Tower via Skyline Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Skyline Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 459 ft
- Skyline Trail & Summit Rock Loop Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,013 ft
- Loughry Woods Trail & Service Road Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 967 ft
- Saratoga Gap & Table Mountain Trail 9 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft
- Goat Rock–Parking Lot Rock, 6 sights 11.9 mi · ▲ 2,441 ft
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