Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir & Sheep Camp Trail via Crystal Springs Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in San Francisco Peninsula Watershed near Redwood Park, CA. The route reaches Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi289 – 502 ft4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.47546, -122.31924
Nearest town Redwood Park, CA
Directions
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Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir & Sheep Camp Trail via Crystal Springs Trail
4 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 287–503 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.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sheep Camp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Crystal Springs Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
48% dirt52% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:16 PM
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