Wilder Ranch State Park

Jugs & Woodcutter's Trail

6 mi · ▲ 1,085 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Jugs & Woodcutter's Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Wilder Ranch State Park near Rincon, CA. It climbs 1,085 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi692 – 1,316 ft · steepest grade: 30%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chinquapin Trail 37.01662, -122.08132
Nearest town Rincon, CA

Directions

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Jugs & Woodcutter's Trail

6 mi · ▲ 1,085 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 692–1,316 ft

Out & Back · Wilder Ranch State Park

Trailhead: Chinquapin Trail · 37.01662, -122.08132

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Transit-accessible: Empire Grade (Mile 13) stop 578 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Chinquapin Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miBear right onto Holiday Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left onto Woodcutter's Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Jugs, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miReach Woodcutter's Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Barking Dogs, heading N.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 300 ftSharp left onto Holiday Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Chinquapin Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Empire Grade (Mile 13) stop 578 m from the trailhead

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