Camper Park–Chinquapin Road, 7 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Wilder Ranch State Park near Allegro Heights, CA. It climbs 1,490 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi121 – 1,122 ft · steepest grade: 24%13.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Prairie View Trail 36.96175, -122.06401
Nearest town Allegro Heights, CA
Directions
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Camper Park–Chinquapin Road, 7 sights
12.2 mi · ▲ 1,490 ft · 4 hr 49 min
Elevation 122–1,122 ft
Out & Back · Wilder Ranch State Park
Trailhead: Prairie View Trail · 36.96175, -122.06401
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Mission Street & Shaffer Road stop 213 m from the trailhead
- Start on Prairie View Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Coast Vista Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Wally World, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Red Mailbox, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Mailboxes, heading NW.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Chinquapin Road, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Red Hill Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chinquapin Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Camper Park, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Red Hill Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Spring Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Across Campus, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Prairie View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Red Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Camper Park, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Chinquapin Road, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red Hill Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chinquapin Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Mailboxes, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Mailbox, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Wally World, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp left onto UCSC Connector/Cave Gulch, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Coast Vista Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
33% dirt18% gravel49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Mission Street & Shaffer Road stop 213 m from the trailhead
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