Train Engine & Lookout Trail via Spring Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 55 min
Train Engine & Lookout Trail via Spring Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Pogonip Open Space Preserve near Allegro Heights, CA. The route reaches Train Engine at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 370 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Train Engine & Lookout Trail via Spring Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 55 min
Elevation 78–445 ft
Out & Back · Pogonip Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Spring Trail · 36.98443, -122.04719
Weather Aug 4: Fog, high 71°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: UCSC Lower Campus stop 540 m from the trailhead
- Start on Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lookout Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Harvey West Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Steeple Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Train Engine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Stage Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Harvey West Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Spring Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: UCSC Lower Campus stop 540 m from the trailhead
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