Name: Hermit Gulch Trail
Rating: 3.0

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3.0 from 1 vote

#3

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#3

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#3,324

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Top end of the Hermit Gulch Trail, looking west (and up!) to the gazebo/lookout on Divide Road, on a rainy January morning. This trail is steep!

May 27, 2019 near Avalon, CA

View of Avalon Bay from Hermit Gulch trail, at Interior/Conservancy border.

May 27, 2019 near Avalon, CA

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Dec 11, 2021

Dirk Strykowski

Trail's wide and in great shape 1.7mi

Jun 21, 2021

Samantha Shieh

Sep 15, 2019

Frank Gargiulo

Jan 18, 2016

Bethy H

Went uphill from the Hermit Gulch campground to the Lookout, which has a gazebo, picnic table for a break. Trail is crazy steep in places, but offe… 1.7mi

Sep 21, 2014

Tala Smith

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Hermit Gulch Trail

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Point to Point

1,490' 454 m

297' 91 m

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1,193' 364 m

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