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Purisima Creek Trail

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 3.9 (11)
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  2. CA
  3. …Bay Area
  4. …Woodside
  5. Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space
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“A scenic trail at Purisima Creek. ”

Bay Area Ridge Trail Staff
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Map Key

4.2

Miles

6.8

KM

Point to Point

1,991' 607 m

High

443' 135 m

Low

1,567' 478 m

Up

19' 6 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

18%

Max Grade (10°)

Dogs No Dogs

Features River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers

Description

The trail boasts a steady fire road climb, surrounded by massive redwoods. This climb gains around a 1,200 feet in 2.8 miles and has an average incline of 8.8%. However, the last part will have sections of 10%+ incline, so save your strength as the end of the trail is definitely a bit tougher to hike than the first part.

Flora & Fauna

Giant redwoods.

Contacts

Land Manager: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space

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Trail Ratings

  3.9 from 11 votes

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Trail Rankings

#4

in Purisima Creek Redwood…

#915

in California

#10,217

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Enjoy beautiful, small falls along the path of the Purisima Creek Trail.
Jan 28, 2017 near Woodside, CA
It's a smooth ascent to the parking area along the Purisima Creek Trail.
Jan 28, 2017 near Woodside, CA
The Grabtown Gulch Trail as it joins up with the Purisima Creek Trail.
Jan 4, 2021 near Woodside, CA

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Check-Ins

Jul 24, 2021
Michael Jacobs
Jul 5, 2020
Paul Frias
Nov 24, 2019
Hyungon Kim
Nov 3, 2019
Nancy Gibson
Temp at start 57. Finish 65 — 3h 30m
Mar 16, 2019
Joe Gremillion
Muddy in places, but even after all this rain (Jan–Feb '18), the trail's in good shape, and the creek babbles on. 10mi — 4h 00m
Feb 4, 2019
Andrew Fogg
Jan 13, 2019
Maciej B
Nov 4, 2018
Ed Miller

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