Sulphur Creek Pond & Costanoan Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Sulphur Creek Pond & Costanoan Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Shell Ridge Open Space near Meinert, CA. The route reaches Sulphur Creek Pond. It climbs 1,018 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Sulphur Creek Pond & Costanoan Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 296–663 ft
Out & Back · Shell Ridge Open Space
Trailhead: Costanoan Trail · 37.90480, -122.01622
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
- Start on Costanoan Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ginder Gap Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Sulphur Creek Pond.
- 50 ftBear right onto Costanoan Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Sulfur Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Costanoan Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Sulphur Creek Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sulfur Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Costanoan Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Ginder Gap Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Costanoan Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from Costanoan Trail Trailhead
- Deer Lake–Corral Spring Trail, 8 sights 5 mi · ▲ 769 ft
- Sulphur Creek Pond–Bob Pond, 6 lakes 4 mi · ▲ 845 ft
- Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint–Sulphur Creek Pond, 7 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 905 ft
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