The Grand View–Big Trees Trail, 6 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Joaquin Miller Park near Redwood Heights, CA. The route reaches The Grand View at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 1,195 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi955 – 1,496 ft · steepest grade: 28%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: West Trail 37.81766, -122.18930
Nearest town Redwood Heights, CA
Directions
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The Grand View–Big Trees Trail, 6 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 1,195 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 953–1,496 ft
Out & Back · Joaquin Miller Park
Trailhead: West Trail · 37.81766, -122.18930
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start on West Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Castle Park Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Cinderella Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Sunset Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sinawik Cabin, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Cinderella Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Sequoia-Bayview Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Castle Park Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fern Ravine Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Camp Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Roberts Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Graham Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach The Grand View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miPass The Grand View.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Manzanita Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Vista Point, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Manzanita Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Graham Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Camp Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Upper Palos Colorados Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Sunset Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sunset Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Sunset Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Palos Colorados Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Chaparral Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Sinawik Cabin, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cinderella Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Castle Park Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto West Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 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
87% dirt5% paved5% gravel3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.
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