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Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument

Shale Quarry Back Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 709 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Shale Quarry Back Road is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument near Bonny Doon, CA. It climbs 709 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 761 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.02878, -122.16820
Nearest town Bonny Doon, CA
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Shale Quarry Back Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 709 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 261–763 ft

Out & Back · Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument

Trailhead: 37.02878, -122.16820

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Shale Quarry Back Road, heading SW.
  3. 1.2 miReach Shale Quarry Back Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.2 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  6. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/shale-quarry-back-road-out-back-5-km-be5c

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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