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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miPass Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Crystal Springs Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sheep Camp Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miReach Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left onto Crystal Springs Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 0.5 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

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:17 AMSunset 8:16 PM

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