Ridge Trail to Creekside Trail to Pond Trail to South Ridge Trail to Big Leaf Trail (4.2 miles, moderately strenuous)
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
- From Highway 101, exit at Shiloh Road in south Windsor.
- Drive 1.4-miles east to the intersection with Faught Road.
- Turn right onto Faught Road.
- The park entrance is .1 mile ahead on the left.
- Parking $7 or free for Regional Parks members.
TRAIL DIRECTIONS
- From the parking lot, head north on Ridge Trail. You will quickly come to a junction. Stay on Ridge Trail by following the trail to the left, crossing a stream bed.
- Hike under an arching canopy of oaks and up a brief incline. Take Creekside Trail on your left and follow for 1 mile.
- At the intersection of Creekside and Pond trails, go left on Pond Trail and follow it .3 miles around the pond and across a meadow to Mark West Creek Trail.
- Follow Mark West Creek Trail on your left for .2 miles. At the junction with Canyon Trail, turn right onto Canyon and follow it for 1.1 miles.
- Turn left on South Ridge Trail and then right on Big Leaf Trail. Follow Big Leaf Trail. 1.2 miles to the parking lot.