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While the trail does flatten out at the top, there is quite a climb to get there. Like most trails in the park, you get a good view of the ocean if you turn around.
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Pillar Point Harbor from Clipper Ridge Trail
From the beginning of the trail, you can look uphill to see where the trail leads you. As you can tell, there isn't a lot of shade.
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David Hitchcock
Oct 8, 2018 near El Granada, CA
“While the trail does flatten out at the top, there is quite a climb to get there. Like most trails in the park, you get a good view of the ocean if you turn around.”  

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While the trail does flatten out at the top, there is quite a climb to get there. Like most trails in the park, you get a good view of the ocean if you turn around.
From the beginning of the trail, you can look uphill to see where the trail leads you. As you can tell, there isn't a lot of shade.
The top of the trail flattens out and several side trails for mountain bikers connect with the Clipper Ridge Trail. The Flat Top Trail circles to the right and then descends back toward the parking lot.
A grove of eucalyptus trees creates shaded relief at the end of the trail. The trail emerges at the parking lot.
The San Carlos Trail is fairly open. Cortaderia jubata, a weedy pampas grass, grows along the trail.
As you climb, you can look back and get views of the farm lands and Pillar Point Naval Station along the Pacific Ocean.
At the intersection of the Clipper Ridge Trail and the Almeria Trail, you get good views of the Pacific Ocean, Pillar Point Naval Station, and the marina.
Pillar Point Harbor from Clipper Ridge Trail
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Flat Top Trail

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El Granada, CA
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