Top of the World Lookout–La Corona, 6 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in DeLaveaga Park near Live Oak, CA. The route passes Beehive Tree and La Corona before reaching Top of the World Lookout at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 624 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Top of the World Lookout–La Corona, 6 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 624 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 93–463 ft
Out & Back · DeLaveaga Park
Trailhead: 36.99744, -121.99913
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 57° · precip 11% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:34 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto To Upper Park Road, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wizard Hat, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Branciforte Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miPass Beehive Tree.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto La Corona Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass La Corona.
- 150 ftBear right onto Upper Park Road, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Top of the World Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left onto La Corona Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Branciforte Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Wizard Hat, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Enchanted Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto To Upper Park Road, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Brookwood Drive 3.1 mi · ▲ 430 ft
- To Upper Park Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 79 ft
- DeLaveaga Upper Loop–Enchanted Trail, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Branciforte Creek 2 Riparian Corridor–DeLaveaga Upper Loop, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 603 ft
- Branciforte Creek 2 Riparian Corridor–DeLaveaga Upper Loop, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 713 ft
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