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Soaproot Viewpoint & Bayview Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Coyote Hills Regional Park near Jarvis Landing, CA. The route reaches Soaproot Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 151 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 85 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Quarry Trail 37.53373, -122.07455
Nearest town Jarvis Landing, CA

Directions

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Soaproot Viewpoint & Bayview Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 151 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 9–87 ft

Out & Back · Coyote Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: Quarry Trail · 37.53373, -122.07455

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Apay Way, heading N.
  2. 1.6 miSharp left onto Bayview Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.7 miSharp right onto Soaproot Trail, heading S.
  4. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftReach Soaproot Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 450 ftSharp left onto Bayview Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miSharp right onto Apay Way, heading E.
  8. 1.6 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

62% gravel38% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:54 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM — 13 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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