Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir & Crystal Springs Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in San Francisco Peninsula Watershed near Redwood Park, CA. The route reaches Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir. It climbs 256 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi289 – 397 ft6.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.47546, -122.31924
Nearest town Redwood Park, CA
Directions
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Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir & Crystal Springs Trail
6.1 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 287–396 ft
Out & Back · San Francisco Peninsula Watershed
Trailhead: 37.47546, -122.31924
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crystal Springs Trail, heading NW.
- 2 miReach Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
64% dirt2% gravel34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:16 PM
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