Look north across Spooner’s Cove (the beach by the ranch house is to your right) and gaze up the dramatic coastline toward Morro Rock, a triangle of dacite rising above the bay. A panel at the viewpoint has information about coastal birds. Come to a viewpoint where the trail turns to the right and heads inland. Aim north along the coast, passing a serrated shoreline with several wave-cut points and troughs. Go back up to Bluff Trail to complete the last half-mile of the hike. Sea spray can form fleeting rainbows along the Bluff Trail
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Take a staircase down to the sand and walk out on the rocks of a time pool full of interesting coastal creatures like sea anemone, hermit crabs, and starfish. On the left, a spur leads down to Corallina Cove, a beach and tide pool at the bottom of the ravine. Turn left to cross a metal bridge over the ravine or continue straight on an express trail back to the trailhead that misses the coast.Īcross the bridge, turn left and follow the trail toward the ocean. The trail goes gradually uphill and then curves to the right along a ravine (lower down from the same one you crossed on Rattlesnake Flats Trail. Turn right at the end of Badger Trail to hike 0.9 miles along the coast back to the trailhead. To the left, this trail reaches Quarry Cove in a tenth of a mile and comes to the end of the trail after 1.2 miles, reaching Coon Creek Trailhead Parking Area where Point Buchon Trail and Coon Creek Trail begin.
At the bottom of Badger Trail, you’ll hit a T-junction with Bluff Trail. Take in views of the ocean up and down the coast.
Looking south down Bluff Trail from Badger Trailīadger Trail becomes steeper as it tips down the end of a ridge. A tower at Disney Lookout pops out above this southern bluff. Past Coon Creek Bay, another coastal bluff (that can be explored on Point Buchon Trail) stretches south as far as you can see. Bluff Tail stretches south past a jagged coastline where waves roll up and meet rocky points and few sandy coves. Below you, Bluff Trail passes Quarry Cove, where a couple picnic tables are set up by the ocean. The terrain drops away to your left and offers open views south down the coast. The first 0.2 miles are fairly level, gradually sloping down a grassy ridge. Valencia Peak from Badger Trailīadger Trail connects with Bluff Trail after 0.3 miles. However, this trail has lesser coastal views than Badger Trail. As an alternative to Badger Trail, you could walk a short distance south along the road to find a wide, well formed trail leading down to Bluff Trail. Just across the road, a sign for Badger Trail marks a single track heading west. Walk across Pecho Valley Road where parking is available, providing another starting point for the hike. Otherwise, turn right and go around a gate next to an information kiosk about the campsite. If you want to see the camp, turn left and hike 1/8 of a mile up the hill. Rattlesnake Flats Trail ends at a junction with the trail up to the campsite. Within the trees you can spot the toilet at the site of Badger Flat Camp, one of the environmental campsites in Montaña de Oro State Park. A ridge covered by a small grove of eucalyptus trees will stand out in front of you. Slip through a thicket and ascend the gradual slope ahead. Rattlesnake Flats Trailĭrop across the bottom of a shallow gulch after 0.2 miles. Also, be sure to watch out for poison oak along Rattlesnake Flats Trail. Hike south through sagebrush with views of Valencia Peak to your left and the ocean beyond the bluffs to your right. This single track heads south for a third of a mile to meet Badger Trail at a crossing of Pecho Valley Road. Head up the trail to Valencia Peak, a picturesque summit that you will see rising to the east with a pyramid-shaped mountaintop above a ridge that stretches to the north that the trail uses to get up the mountain.Īfter a tenth of a mile, turn right at the first signed junction onto Rattlesnake Flats Trail. This trail begins from the inland side of Pecho Valley Road across from to the north end of the Bluff Trail and shares the same trailhead parking area. Hiking the loop in a clockwise direction, your first assignment is to walk a tenth of a mile up Valencia Peak Trail. Avoid this scenario by saving Bluff Trail for the end of the loop. If you start the hike on Bluff Trail and then hike up Badger Trail, you will end up with your back to the ocean. Badger Trail meets Bluff Trail next to Quarry Cove, near the mid-point of the Bluff Trail and 0.9 miles from the north end.
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