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Wilder Ridge Loop Trail – Eucalyptus Loop loop from Wilder Dairy Cultural Preserve

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Santa Cruz County

Wilder Ridge Loop Trail – Eucalyptus Loop loop from Wilder Dairy Cultural Preserve

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Wilder Ridge Loop Trail – Eucalyptus Loop loop from Wilder Dairy Cultural Preserve

02:43

28.2km

540m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 28, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 74 m for 50 m

After 28.1 km for 50 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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471 m

Wilder Ridge Loop Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Wilder Ridge is a loop on top of the park, with two unconnected legs leading up to it on the east and west sides of the park. This tour only used the eastern leg to descend back to the Hwy 1, picking it up from Twin Oaks trail. Note at the bottom the underpass for Hwy 1 was fenced off, which meant to push the bike through some brush up the road dam and down on the other side. Hopefully the underpass is open again meanwhile, so one can make an actual loop by continuing along Peaseley Gulch past the main Farm center of the park to the beach.
At the beach one can continue back west via
Old Cove Landing Trail komoot.de/highlight/209388
Ohlone Bluff Trail komoot.de/highlight/209386
Then at Four Mile Beach cross Hwy 1, where it climbs up into the park via
Baldwin Loop Trail komoot.de/highlight/209392
The entire loop is here: komoot.de/highlight/209385

Tip by

3.14 km

Picnic bench and viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

This overlook is worth the short detour off the trail. It's a great place to stop and enjoy the views. This is a pretty popular spot so be prepared for a crowd.

Tip by

6.04 km

Baldwin Loop Trail West Segment 🚵 Wilder Ranch

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Baldwin Loop climbs and descends on the western side of Wilder Ranch State Park. While most users doing this short loop might prefer to climb on the East segment of the loop which is a wider road, and descend on the gravel West segment of the loop, it is actually more enjoyable to climb the west segment and continue the longer loop via Enchanted loop to Twin Oaks Trail for the descent on the Eastern side of the park, along Peaseley Gulch which leads down to the main Farm center of the park.

Tip by

14.5 km

Engelsmann Loop Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The first part of Engelsmann Loop is fairly uninteresting, but this relatively recent, windy singletrack segment that is aimed at bypassing a steep and eroded climb on what used to be the fire road continuation of Engelsmann Loop, is quite fun as it lazily meanders while climbing at a gentle rate. Plus, in my book, any new singletrack is a welcome change over the fire road that it replaces.

Tip by

15.9 km

Wild Boar Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Wild Boar Trail is even more fun than the adjacent Engelsmann Loop. It connects to Old Cabin Trail very shortly, which continues as a playful singletrack under tree cover.

Tip by

16.6 km

Old Cabin Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Old Cabin Trail lies within a wonderful redwood forest and can be ridden in either direction.

Tip by

18.3 km

Eucalyptus Loop

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Part of Eucalyptus Loop can be enjoyed in sunlight, then the ride dives back under tree cover before emerging into a short spell across an open, meadowy part.

Tip by

22.2 km

Wilder Ranch State Park

Nature Reserve

23.6 km

Twin Oaks Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The narrow singletrack of Twin Oaks Trail flows through an open, rolling meadow. After a short climb and a short coast on some fire roads, it leads to my second favorite trail in the park: Zane Gray Cutoff.

Tip by

28.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.0 km

10.6 km

2.09 km

1.43 km

Surfaces

22.1 km

3.25 km

2.09 km

446 m

147 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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Wilder Ridge Loop Trail – Eucalyptus Loop loop from Wilder Dairy Cultural Preserve

Wilder Ridge Loop Trail

Picnic bench and viewpoint

Baldwin Loop Trail West Segment 🚵 Wilder Ranch

Engelsmann Loop Trail

Wild Boar Trail

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