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California
Cowboy Loop Trail
0.9 mi
Distance
473 ft
Gain
38 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Stanislaus National Forest
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Trail character
- Surface
- Dirt
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Cowboy Loop Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 473 ft
- Elevation loss
- 112 ft
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About this trail
Cowboy Loop Trail is a 0.95-mile trail in the Sunset Loop Trailhead system in California, gaining 473 feet of elevation on a dirt surface. The trail forms a loop within the Sunset Loop Trailhead area.
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- Forest Service
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