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Skyline Trail & Summit Rock Loop Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Sanborn County Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 1,013 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,576 – 2,979 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.25553, -122.11795
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA

Directions

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Skyline Trail & Summit Rock Loop Trail

5 mi · ▲ 1,013 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 2,576–2,978 ft

Out & Back · Sanborn County Park

Trailhead: 37.25553, -122.11795

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.8 miTurn right onto Summit Rock Loop Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.8 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 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

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:50 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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