Pogonip Open Space Preserve

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.

Elevation

0 mi79 – 446 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Spring Trail 36.98443, -122.04719
Nearest town Allegro Heights, CA

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Spring Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Lookout Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Harvey West Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Steeple Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftReach Train Engine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Stage Trail, heading E.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Harvey West Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Spring Trail, heading S.
  16. 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.

Trail surface

34% gravel21% dirt45% unspecified

Weather

FogTemperature 71°F54°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity95%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:14 PM
Tue 66°54°
Wed 67°53°
Thu 72°58°
Fri 73°62°
Sat 70°60°
Sun 69°58°

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Transit-accessible: UCSC Lower Campus stop 540 m from the trailhead

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