Whelk Pond–Manzanita Trail, 3 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Round Valley Regional Preserve near Brentwood, CA. The route reaches Whelk Pond at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 2,015 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi230 – 1,726 ft · steepest grade: 23%12.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.86816, -121.75029
Nearest town Brentwood, CA
Directions
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Whelk Pond–Manzanita Trail, 3 sights
11.7 mi · ▲ 2,015 ft · 4 hr 54 min
Elevation 229–1,727 ft
Out & Back · Round Valley Regional Preserve
Trailhead: 37.86816, -121.75029
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Miwok Trail, heading W.
- 4.6 miBear right onto Manzanita Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach Whelk Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Miwok Trail, heading E.
- 4.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 400 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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