Summit
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
12.2 mi
Distance
6,511 ft
Gain
5h 42m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
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.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Summit
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 12.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,511 ft
- Elevation loss
- 6,511 ft
- Highest point
- 7,432 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,986 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
SUMMIT is a 24.32-mile out-and-back trail in California with 6,511 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 7,432 feet.
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