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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Madrone Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Virgil Williams Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Del Amigo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Virgil Williams Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Virgil Williams Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Madrone Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 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
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Madrone Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 808 ft
- Del Amigo Trail & Madrone Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 805 ft
- Dewies/Birthday–Point of No Return, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,401 ft
- Dewies/Birthday–Dewies, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,487 ft
- Madrone Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,276 ft
- Las Trampas to Briones Trail via Madrone Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,621 ft
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