Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
In the shade of redwoods and bays, the first campsite is equipped with a fire ring.
The trail continues 0.2 mile to a shady second campsite (2.2 miles, 1400'), equipped
with a fire ring and a bench in the shade of sprawling oaks. Just past the second site,
you'll reach the signed
Buckeye Trail junction
(2.2 miles, 1440').
From this junction, the northbound
Buckeye Trail
leads to
Villa Creek and
Alder Creek Camps
(see
TRIP 68 Alder Creek Camp to Villa Creek Camp
)
, the east-
bound
Cruikshank Trail
leads to
Silver
and
Lion Den Camps,
and the southbound
Buckeye Trail leads first to
Buckeye Camp,
then 3.4 miles farther to the abandoned
Salmon Creek Station
(see
TRIP 72 Salmon Creek Station to Buckeye Camp
).
Continue east on the Cruikshank Trail to
Cruikshank Camp,
amid a small open
meadow, site of the former
Cruikshank homestead
and an
American Indian mid-
den
dating back to the Salinian Indians. Poison oak encroaches on the trail beyond
this point.
Southeast of camp, the trail ascends 510 feet over the next 0.9 mile to
Silver
Camp
(3.1 miles, 1950'), amid a picturesque grassland.
Past camp, poison oak and debris obstruct the narrow trail, which is hard to
discern from the many deer paths that cross the route. If you're determined to hike
farther, the trail leads 2.5 miles farther to
Silver Peak Road,
2.9 miles to Lion Den
Camp, and 3.4 miles to the junction of
Coast Ridge Road.
