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MAP_314 rev 9/17/19 v461 The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council Trail Ridge Area Bay The Post your photos @bayarearidgetrail and see them on our website. #bayarearidgetrail Sanborn County Park and Castle Rock State Park From: Sunnyvale Mountain Staging Area To: Saratoga Gap in Saratoga
Length: 6 miles one-way; car shuttle possible. Elevation Gain/Loss: 560 feet/850 feet one-way Accessibility: Hikers, equestrians, and mountain bikers
Follow the Skyline Trail along the wooded ridgeline of two vast parks: Sanborn County Park and Castle Rock State Park. On the route of old Summit Road, you wind along the protected east side of the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains through forests of Douglas-fir, oak, and madrone; you pass immense sandstone outcrops and vestiges of early homesteaders’ orchards and dwellings. This fairly level trip, entirely in shade, is ideal for warm days.
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