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Overview :
- Type of trail : Out and back
- Distance as rode : 12 miles
- Total Miles (Available) : 20+ miles (Connects to Soquel Demo Forest)
- Climbing Distance : ~600 feet
- Trip Duration : ~2 hours (with kids)
- Difficulty : 2 (Scale of 1-10)
- Trail Type : 15% Singletrack, 85% Fireroad
- Cardio : Easy
Highlights :
The Forest of Nice Clean Parks Forest of Nisene Marks is beautiful park with a nice
wide road through the middle. The scenery is
beautiful and the trail is smooth enough and the grade easy enough that this is a
very popular place for the locals to take there families. If you decide to show up
on a weekend expect lots of traffic.
Note: The State Park sites list it as Nisene Marks, elsewhere it's listed as
Nicene Marks. I changed the spelling on my site to reflect this.
Bummer :
Not enough Singletrack, heavy traffic
Location
Located just south of Santa Cruz in Aptos. From Santa Cruz take highway 1
South to the "State Park Drive" exit. Turn right on Soquel Drive and drive 1
mile to Aptos Creek Road. Turn left on Aptos Creek Road and look for parking
in a dirt lot on the right hand side. Follow Aptos Creek road into the park
and keep an eye out for a trailhead on the left if you want to catch the
singletrack at the beginning.
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