Summit Viewpoint–Old Ranch Road Trail, 3 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in San Bruno Mountain State and County Park near Baden, CA. The route reaches Summit Viewpoint. It climbs 1,923 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi302 – 1,227 ft · steepest grade: 22%8.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.66760, -122.42522
Nearest town Baden, CA
Directions
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Summit Viewpoint–Old Ranch Road Trail, 3 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 1,923 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Elevation 302–1,226 ft
Out & Back · San Bruno Mountain State and County Park
Trailhead: 37.66760, -122.42522
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Mills Montessori School stop 27 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Summit Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Summit Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Old Ranch Road Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miReach Summit Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Summit Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 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
42% dirt58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 7:41 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Mills Montessori School stop 27 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Ridge Viewpoint via Ridge Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,157 ft
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