California hiking trails - Edgewood Trail, Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County

   
  Hiking in California is so much fun. In California you never run out of outdoors fun. Every California backcountry hiking trail has its own character. The hiking trails of the Santa Cruz Mountains are a perfect way to explore these hills. Edgewood Trail is a location that is pretty dried out mostly; the wettest month of the year is mostly January, that's the one that rains the most, and July on the other hand is the driest. Edgewood Trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole
    backpacking and hiking trail. Edgewood Trail is a two ended wilderness hiking trail with two trailheads which means you have the option of backcountry trekking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. High temperatures at Edgewood Trail all through the summer
months are in the 60's. For the period of the dark hours of summer temperatures sink down into the 50's. For the period of the wintertime highs are ordinarily in the 50's; overnight lows at Edgewood Trail during the wintertime ordinarily sink into the 40's. Edgewood Trail is 2.4 miles long it's shorter than many backpacking and hiking trails. Even though this is not a very long hiking trail it's always brilliant to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. You'll have to go far from San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont to get to Edgewood  
Trail, but you always have a magnificent time when you're backcountry hiking along it. Delightful backcountry hiking trails in California are in abundance; one of these is Edgewood Trail in San Mateo County. Gotta get out of the urban center man, and Edgewood Trail in San Mateo County, California is the outdoors at its best. This is one of a very small number of great outdoors trails in this area. This trek shouldn't take more than 2 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. Edgewood Trail is a very short hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a great great outdoors trail for the average person looking for a great adventure. This wilderness hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 198 feet, and that is lower than average. This hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire.

Briefly about the general area:
A trip to Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail is worthwhile. There's so much to do here at Edgewood Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Trailer Rancho is a glorious place for that. Be careful coming to the Santa Cruz Mountains, you might not ever want to return home again. While you're here at Edgewood Trail you will meet lots of folks from nearby San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Edgewood Trail has to offer, you can camp at Trailer Villa.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 37.4689, Longitude -122.2915
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 37.4617, Longitude -122.2756
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 1.2 miles
Total climbing distance = .8 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: .5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 1.2 miles
Total climbing distance = .2 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: .5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 2.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 2.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 198 feet


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 Trails Near Edgewood Trail:
Alambique Trail, San Mateo County , 4 miles away,  6.4 hiking miles, 818 feet elevation difference
Trappers Trail, San Mateo County , 9 miles away, 2.3 hiking miles, 1148 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Edgewood Trail:
Trailer Villa, Redwood City, 6 miles away
Trailer Rancho, Redwood City, 6 miles away
Half Moon Bay State Beach, San Mateo, 11 miles away
Pelican Point RV Park, Half Moon Bay, 11 miles away
Francis Beach Campground, San Mateo County, 11 miles away
 National Parks Near Edgewood Trail:
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail, San Francisco - CA , 14 miles away
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco - CA , 21 miles away
Presidio National Park, San Francisco - CA , 21 miles away
 Hotels Near Edgewood Trail:
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, San Carlos, CA, San Carlos , 2 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites BELMONT, Belmont , 2 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn/San Carlos/SFO/Palo Alto, San Carlos , 3 miles away
Hillside Lodge, Belmont , 3 miles away
Fairfield Inn & Suites San Francisco San Carlos, San Carlos , 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Edgewood Trail
Bear Gulch Reservoir, San Mateo County , 4 miles away

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