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El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve

Skeggs Point–Methuselah, 5 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 1,458 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Skeggs Point–Methuselah, 5 sights is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve near Sky Londa, CA. The route passes Methuselah and Skeggs Point. It climbs 1,458 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,910 – 2,379 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.38740, -122.29803
Nearest town Sky Londa, CA
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Skeggs Point–Methuselah, 5 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 1,458 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Elevation 1,910–2,377 ft

Out & Back · El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: 37.38740, -122.29803

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Spring Board Trail, heading W.
  3. 250 ftSharp right onto Oljon Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.6 miTurn left onto Sierra Morena Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Molder Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miPass Methuselah.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miPass Skeggs Point.
  9. 100 ftBear left onto Tafoni Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto El Corte de Madera Creek Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.5 miReach Skeggs Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tafoni Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Fir Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sierra Morena Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.7 miSharp right onto Molder Trail, heading SE.
  16. 500 ftContinue straight onto Sierra Morena Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Oljon Trail, heading E.
  18. 1.6 miSharp left onto Spring Board Trail, heading SW.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.2 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/skeggs-point-methuselah-out-back-5-sights-12-km

Trail surface

95% dirt3% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:15 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • No dogs on part of this route

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