Skull Rock & Skull Rock Nature Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. The route reaches Skull Rock. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi4,318 – 4,439 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Skull Rock Nature Trail 33.99213, -116.06831
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA
Directions
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Skull Rock & Skull Rock Nature Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 55 min
Elevation 4,316–4,441 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Skull Rock Nature Trail · 33.99213, -116.06831
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 97°F / low 75° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Skull Rock Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Approach to Conan's Corridor, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Skull Rock Nature Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Skull Rock.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Jumbo Rock Campground Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Skull Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skull Rock Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Approach to Conan's Corridor, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skull Rock Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 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 surface
98% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 97°F75°
Feels like81°Precip1%Wind13 mphUV9Humidity15%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Wed
95°70°
Thu
98°77°
Fri
100°80°
Sat
101°81°
Sun
96°79°
Mon
95°76°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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