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Virgil Williams Trail via Madrone Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. It climbs 1,273 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi387 – 1,493 ft · steepest grade: 35%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.83207, -122.02600
Nearest town Alamo, CA

Directions

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Virgil Williams Trail via Madrone Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 1,273 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 387–1,491 ft

Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness

Trailhead: 37.83207, -122.02600

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Transit-accessible: Danville Boulevard & Camille Avenue stop 757 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 100 ftTurn left onto Madrone Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Virgil Williams Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right onto Del Amigo Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftReach Virgil Williams Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto Virgil Williams Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left onto Madrone Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.3 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Danville Boulevard & Camille Avenue stop 757 m from the trailhead

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