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Vista Peak Loop Trail & Ziele Creek Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Garin Regional Park near Halvern, CA. It climbs 682 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi499 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.64750, -122.03588
Nearest town Halvern, CA

Directions

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Vista Peak Loop Trail & Ziele Creek Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 497–939 ft

Out & Back · Garin Regional Park

Trailhead: 37.64750, -122.03588

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

Transit-accessible: Dobbel Avenue & Farm Hill Drive stop 108 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Ziele Creek Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miSharp left onto Vista Peak Loop Trail, heading NE.
  3. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Ziele Creek Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.8 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

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Dobbel Avenue & Farm Hill Drive stop 108 m from the trailhead

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