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El Toro Creek Skyline Road Loop Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
California

El Toro Creek Skyline Road Loop Trail

Salinas, California

5.9 mi

Distance

1,280 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 19m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for El Toro Creek Skyline Road Loop Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:41 ft
Max:248 ft
Gain:390 ft
Loss:390 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 41 ft and 248 ft across 5.9 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.41 ft110 ft179 ft248 ft0.0 mi1.5 mi2.9 mi4.4 mi5.9 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi57 ft
High point2.3 mi248 ft
End5.9 mi57 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Spreckels, CA · about 4 mi away
County:
Monterey County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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