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

   
  Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Edgewood Trail in San Mateo County, California is a glorious place to go. Hiking and backpacking trails are wonderful and plentiful in California, and Edgewood Trail is one of them, and it's in San Mateo County. Each hiking trail in California is worth backcountry backpacking. This is one of a very small number of hiking and backpacking trails in this region. You spend the whole hike in roughly the same elevation zone which means the conditions are about the same from start
    to finish. Being 2.4 miles long it's shorter than many backpacking and hiking trails. High temperatures at Edgewood Trail during the warm months are in the 60's. For the duration of the moonlight hours it's frequently in the 50's. Daytime highs all through the wintertime are in
the 50's while Edgewood Trail night low temperatures all through the wintertime are in the 40's. It is very dehydrated here at Edgewood Trail mostly; through the month of January you get the most rain around here; the driest of the months is July. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Edgewood Trail is a two ended backpacking trail with two trailheads which means you have the option of trekking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. This backcountry walk shouldn't take more than 2 hours, but you never know stuff  
could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Edgewood Trail has a total elevation difference of 198 feet which is a lower than average number. Here in California backcountry backpacking is the wonderful thing to do. This is not a very long hiking and backpacking trail but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. California is a splendid site for outdoors people. Edgewood Trail is a backpacking and hiking trail relatively far from San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, but what a glorious place for trekking it is. Sometimes this hiking and backpacking trail gets really dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. This wilderness hiking trail is on the short side having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a splendid hiking and backpacking trail for the average person looking for a splendid adventure. The wilderness hiking trails of the Santa Cruz Mountains are a splendid way to explore these summits.

Briefly about the general area:
Yeah, come up here to the Santa Cruz Mountains for a fine time. Trailer Villa is a great campground nearby, and Edgewood Trail is a good location to visit for more than one day, Trailer Rancho is a good location to camp nearby.
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail is one of the destinations close to Edgewood Trail that are wonderful to go to, and the great folks of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont like to hang out nearby.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 37.4689, Longitude -122.2915
- - Directions and Road Map

Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 37.4617, Longitude -122.2756
- - Directions and Road Map


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, Ca, Belmont , 2 miles away
Hillside Lodge, Belmont , 3 miles away
Fairfield Inn And Suites By Marriott San Francisco/San Carlo, San Carlos , 3 miles away
Best Western Inn, Redwood City , 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Edgewood Trail
Bear Gulch Reservoir, San Mateo County , 4 miles away

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