Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Whitehouse Road via Chalks Road

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,995 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Whitehouse Road via Chalks Road is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Swanton, CA. It climbs 1,995 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi679 – 1,578 ft · steepest grade: 26%7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.13635, -122.29764
Nearest town Swanton, CA

Directions

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Whitehouse Road via Chalks Road

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,995 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Elevation 680–1,578 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: 37.13635, -122.29764

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miTurn left onto Chalks Truck Trail, heading NW.
  4. 300 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Chalks Road, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Westridge Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Whitehouse Road, heading NE.
  8. 1.1 miReach Whitehouse Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.1 miBear left onto Old Westridge Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Chalks Road, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftSharp left onto Chalks Truck Trail, heading W.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.

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