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Fernandez Ranch

Windmill Trail & Woodrat Trail via Pinole Valley Multi-Use Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 795 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Windmill Trail & Woodrat Trail via Pinole Valley Multi-Use Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Fernandez Ranch near Christie, CA. It climbs 795 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 755 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pinole Valley Multi-Use Trail 37.99199, -122.22762
Nearest town Christie, CA
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Windmill Trail & Woodrat Trail via Pinole Valley Multi-Use Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 795 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 243–756 ft

Out & Back · Fernandez Ranch

Trailhead: Pinole Valley Multi-Use Trail · 37.99199, -122.22762

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Bonaire Avenue & Refugio Valley Road stop 290 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Pinole Valley Multi-Use Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left onto Windmill Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.4 miReach Woodrat Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.4 miTurn right onto Pinole Valley Multi-Use Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/windmill-trail-out-back

Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Bonaire Avenue & Refugio Valley Road stop 290 m from the trailhead

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