Ridge View Trail & Summit Trail via Wall Point Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Ridge View Trail & Summit Trail via Wall Point Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Rock City, CA. It climbs 1,187 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Ridge View Trail & Summit Trail via Wall Point Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,105–1,993 ft
Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park
Trailhead: Summit Trail · 37.85842, -121.93558
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 72°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
- Start on Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Ridge View Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Wall Point Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Secret Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wall Point Road, heading W.
- 1.4 miReach Summit Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Secret Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wall Point Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Ridge View Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Summit Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:12 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:33 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:00 PM.
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