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Anvil Rock – High Peaks 🌋 Pinnacles NP Loop from RV Turnaround

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Anvil Rock – High Peaks 🌋 Pinnacles NP Loop from RV Turnaround

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October 17, 2021

Anvil Rock – High Peaks 🌋 Pinnacles NP Loop from RV Turnaround

Moderate

04:06

12.3km

3.0km/h

600m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Nature Center at Condor Gulch Trailhead / Bear Gulch Day Use Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Great Nature Center next to the picnic area. Look for the woodpeckers hiding acorns in hundreds of holes they poked into dead tree trunks around the treailhead.

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74 m

Condor Gulch Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This trail does indeed offer amazing views of the Pinnacles at Hawkins Peak! Just be careful on the way down to the parking lot, it is true you might run into some creepy crawlies.

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3.93 km

High Peaks

Highlight • Natural Monument

As the name implies, these are some of the highest pinnacles in the park. And if you're wondering what the Pinnacles even are, they're basically the leftover bits of a …

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8.93 km

Rock tunnel under Scout Peak

Highlight • Structure

Part of the well-built High-Peaks Trail, the manmade tunnel helps to continue mostly gradual or flat along breathtaking views.

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9.69 km

Here you get stunning views of the park's volcanic spires, including the iconic Anvil Rock formation. A unique geological feature that formed millions of years ago when an ancient volcano erupted and spewed out lava and ash.

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10.5 km

Rim Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A high and airy trail that offers impressive views of the park. It connects the Bear Gulch Reservoir with the High Peaks Trail and it passes through several popular climbing locations.

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10.7 km

Teaching Rock

Highlight • Climb

Teaching Rock is one of the most popular climbing destinations within Pinnacles National Park, especially amongst beginners (hence its name).

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11.2 km

Bear Gulch Cave

Highlight • Cave

The Bear Gulch Cave has two sections, with the lower section usually open for about 10 months of the year, and the upper section closed most of the time to …

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12.3 km

Nature Center at Condor Gulch Trailhead / Bear Gulch Day Use Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Great Nature Center next to the picnic area. Look for the woodpeckers hiding acorns in hundreds of holes they poked into dead tree trunks around the treailhead.

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.09 km

4.02 km

176 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (770 m)

Lowest point (400 m)

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Anvil Rock – High Peaks 🌋 Pinnacles NP Loop from RV Turnaround

Nature Center at Condor Gulch Trailhead / Bear Gulch Day Use Area

Condor Gulch Trail

High Peaks

Rock tunnel under Scout Peak

Anvil Rock

Rim Trail

Teaching Rock

Bear Gulch Cave

Nature Center at Condor Gulch Trailhead / Bear Gulch Day Use Area

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