Summit Spring & Skyline Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Teague Hill Open Space Preserve near Redwood Park, CA. The route reaches Summit Spring at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 821 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,850 – 2,251 ft9.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sierra Morena Trail 37.40451, -122.30191
Nearest town Redwood Park, CA
Directions
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Summit Spring & Skyline Trail
9 mi · ▲ 821 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 1,849–2,252 ft
Out & Back · Teague Hill Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Sierra Morena Trail · 37.40451, -122.30191
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
- 4.3 miReach Summit Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.3 miTurn right onto Molder Trail, heading NW.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Sierra Morena Trail Trailhead
- Blue Blossom Trail–Lawrence Creek Trail, 3 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,600 ft
- Teague Hill via Skyline Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,058 ft
- Blue Blossom Trail–Lawrence Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 748 ft
- Skeggs Point–Methuselah, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 737 ft
- Morena Sierra–Methuselah, 3 summits 1.3 mi · ▲ 294 ft
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