Penny Pines Access Trail

California

California

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0.3 mi

Distance

161 ft

Gain

10 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Mendocino National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.3 mi
Elevation gain
161 ft
Elevation loss
161 ft
Highest point
3,730 ft
Lowest point
3,624 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Penny Pines Access Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.6 miles with 161 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 3,730 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
3,624 ft
High point
3,730 ft
Total climbing
161 ft
Total descent
161 ft
Steepest stretch
9% grade right from the start
Length (round trip)
0.6 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Mendocino National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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