Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Soaring Hawk Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Soaring Hawk Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near Eastmont, CA. It climbs 687 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Grass Valley Trail 37.77765, -122.12667
Nearest town Eastmont, CA

Directions

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Soaring Hawk Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 612–1,017 ft

Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Trailhead: Grass Valley Trail · 37.77765, -122.12667

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Grass Valley Trail, heading N.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  3. 200 ftTurn right onto MacDonald Trail, heading SE.
  4. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Soaring Hawk Trail, heading S.
  7. 1.2 miReach Soaring Hawk Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto MacDonald Trail, heading NW.
  11. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 200 ftSharp left onto Grass Valley Trail, heading W.
  13. 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

72% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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